mopping

• Rhymes: -ɒpɪŋ

mopping

1. present participle and gerund of mop

mopping (plural moppings)

1. The process of cleaning with a mop.
   • 2013, Evelyn I. Funda, Weeds: A Farm Daughter's Lament, page 32:

     Even as it buckled over the years and the nail heads at the edges popped up and rusted from repeated moppings, that floor symbolized her unyielding independence.

2. An application of molten asphalt to a roof etc.

• hot-mop

• pomping