Meaning

3 senses
  1. The act of moping

    When she gets upset, she has a little mope, and then gets over it.

  2. A bottom feeder who "mopes" around a pornography studio hoping for his big break and often does bit parts in exchange for room and board and meager pay.

  3. (archaic)A dull, spiritless person.

More definitions
  • someone who wastes time

Examples

26 sentences
  1. Tom has been moping around the house all week.

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  2. That moped isn't mine.

    ruЭтот мопед не мой.

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  3. Don't stay home and mope.

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  4. My moped was nicked.

    У мене поцупили мопед.

    deMir wurde das Moped geklaut.

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  5. We were riding a moped at night.

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Origin

Late Middle English (as a noun meaning "simpleton, fool"), probably related to mop (“young

Late Middle English (as a noun meaning "simpleton, fool"), probably related to mop (“young of an animal, moppet”).

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Forms

plural: mopes
Singularmope
Pluralmopes

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedmope-eyed

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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