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mops

mops is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mop.

mops is the plural of mop.

Meaning of mop

Verb (1)

mop (third-person singular simple present mops, present participle mopping, simple past and past participle mopped)

  1. (transitive) To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.
    • to mop (or scrub) a floor
  2. (US, slang) To shoplift.
    • By “mopping” (stealing) the clothes and accessories necessary to effect their look, or by buying breasts, reconstructed noses, lifted chins, and female genitals, the children turn traditional ideas of labor around: […]2013, Martha Gever, Pratibha Parmar, John Greyson, Queer Looks, page 111

Verb (2)

mop (third-person singular simple present mops, present participle mopping, simple past and past participle mopped)

  1. (intransitive) To make a wry expression with the mouth.
    • Flibbertigibbet, [is scared of] moping and mowing, who since possesses chambermaids and waiting-womenc. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

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Noun (1)

mops (plural mopses)

  1. A pug dog.

Noun (2) capitalized: MOPS

MOPS (uncountable)

  1. 3-(N-morpholino)propanesulfonic acid, a buffer that is a structural analog to MES.

Noun (3) capitalized: MOPs

MOPs

  1. (plural) plural of MOP

Forms of mops

pluralmopses
alternative formmopse

Origin of mops

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Borrowed from German Mops (“pug”), from Dutch mops.

Phrases with mops

Words that rhyme with mops

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Questions about mops

What does mops mean?
Mops means a pug dog.
What is mops the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Mops is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mop.
What part of speech is mops?
Mops is a noun.
What is the plural of mops?
The plural of mops is mopses.

Words near mops in the dictionary

  1. mopping up
  2. mopping up the ice
  3. moppings
  4. moppy
  5. moprolol
  6. mops
  7. mops down
  8. mops the floor with someone
  9. mops up
  10. mops up the ice
  11. mopses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mops (page history and authors); MOPS (page history and authors); MOPs (page history and authors); mop (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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