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Mopped vs Mopied - What's the difference?

mopped | mopied |

As verbs the difference between mopped and mopied

is that mopped is (mop) while mopied is (mopy).

mopped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (mop)

    • mop

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia mop)
  • An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.
  • (humorous) A dense head of hair.
    • He ran a comb through his mop and hurried out the door.
  • (British, dialect) A fair where servants are hired.
  • (British, dialect) The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.
    • (Halliwell)
  • A made-up face; a grimace.
  • * (rfdate) (Francis Beaumont) and
    • What mops and mowes it makes! --
  • * 1610 , , act 4 scene 1
    • Before you can say 'Come' and 'Go,'
    And breathe twice; and cry 'so, so,'
    Each one, tripping on his toe,
    Will be here with mop and mow.

    Derived terms

    * mophead * mop squeezer * mop water

    Descendants

    * German: (l)

    Verb

    (mopp)
  • To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.
    • to mop (or scrub) a floor
    to mop one's face with a handkerchief
  • To make a wry expression with the mouth.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    mopied

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (mopy)

    • mopy

    English

    Etymology 1

    From

    Adjective

    (er)

    • Etymology 2

    , acronym of "multiple original prints".

    Verb

  • 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.
  • * {{quote-news, year=1996, date=November 11, author=Noor Amal, title=Why copy when you can mopy, work=New Straits Times, page=18 citation
    • passage=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.}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2001, date=November 17, author=Robert Uhlig, title=Boom in email puts paper use up by 40pc, work=Telegraph, page= citation
    • passage=
  • * {{quote-news, year=2003, date=September 17, author=Juhi Bhambal, title=Printing Solutions, work=PCQuest citation
    • passage=Some offer a function called mopying . Instead of printing one original and then making copies on a copying machine, you get several originals of the document (or high-quality copies).}}

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