wetmop

English

Noun

wetmop (plural wetmops)

  1. Alternative form of wet mop
    • 2005, Day, Richard Cortez, Something for the journey : stories, Eastern Washington University Press, page 94
      He swashes the wetmop around on the tiles.
    • 1988, Diana O'Hehir, The bride who ran away, Atheneum, page 133
      I walked slowly toward the house, a gray one covered in asbestos shingles. My room was in the back, off the wetmop porch.
    • 2012, Jeff Siadek, Deep Black, Gorilla Games, page 282
      The yardmaster set the wetmop to work and it soaked up the spill in a flash, He offered to look at Fletcher's burn while insisting that it was Fletcher's own fault.

Verb

wetmop (third-person singular simple present wetmops, present participle wetmopping, simple past and past participle wetmopped)

  1. Alternative form of wet mop
    • 1973, Reische, Diana L., The Performing arts in America, H.W. Wilson, page 144
      Most of the company has moved a discreet distance away from the scene, or at least turned polite backs. A stagehand, however, placidly wetmops the stage right around them.
    • 1986, Lexau, Henry, A Treasury of Catholic digest, Ignatius Press, page 77
      Mama was wetmopping the linoleum.
    • 1973, Huse, Edgar F, Behavior in organizations: a systems approach to managing, Addison-Wesley Pub. Co, page 459
      For example, one area which had been wetmopped daily was mopped only as needed after a visual inspection.
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