mopping

The process of cleaning with a mop.

Noun

  1. The process of cleaning with a mop.
    • 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. - 2013, Evelyn I. Funda, Weeds: A Farm Daughter's Lament,...
  2. An application of molten asphalt to a roof etc.

Forms

moppings

Related

hot-mop

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of mop