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mopying

mopying is the present participle and gerund of mopy.

Meaning of mopy

Verb

mopy (third-person singular simple present mopies, present participle mopying, simple past and past participle mopied)

  1. To print more than one copy of a document using a computer printer rather than printing one original and copying it with a separate machine.
    • Mopy is a term HP [Hewlett-Packard] has coined to talk about a new paradigm to address the current printing/coping^([sic]) trend. Mopying is a term describing the process of creating multiple original prints, or "mopies" on a laser printer.1996 November 11, Noor Amal, “Why copy when you can mopy”, in New Straits Times, page 18

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Questions about mopying

What is mopying the present participle and gerund of?
Mopying is the present participle and gerund of mopy.

Words near mopying in the dictionary

  1. mopus
  2. mopuses
  3. mopusses
  4. mopwater
  5. mopy
  6. mopying
  7. Mopán
  8. MOQ
  9. moqaddem
  10. moqaddems
  11. MOQs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mopying (page history and authors); mopy (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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