Definition of Mooping

1. moop [v] - See also: moop

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mooping

moonwake
moonwalk
moonwalked
moonwalker
moonwalkers
moonwalking
moonwalks
moonward
moonwards
moonwise
moonwort
moonworts
moony
moop
mooped
mooping (current term)
moops
moor
moor-bird
moor berry
moor macaque
moorable
moorage
moorages
moorball
moorband
moorbird
moorbirds
moorcock

Literary usage of Mooping

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Fair Penitent by Nicholas Rowe (1797)
"I \ 1.1 .m dug. days, hunt him down, I'hi ni lui;1,r linu i hi.i-, provoke him to the rage iM 1111;'.^ .nul i li« >, .uni, mooping from your horse, ..."

2. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Harbour Engineering by Brysson Cunningham (1908)
"... very base or bottom of the passage-way, wave motion will be transmitted beneath them, and they will prove ineffective for the purpose in view. MoOPing- ..."

3. One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by David Herschell Edwards (1885)
"The mither gaed mooping the lave o' her days In search o' her laddie by ilk burnie side ; But wild Border tinklers, to wild Border braes, Had stown him awa' ..."

4. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"A servant who goes slyly into a dairy-room and drinks milk from a pan, or a child who makes free with the preserves in the cupboard, is said to be mooping. ..."

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