cowlick vs mop

cowlick

noun
  • An unruly lock or section of hair that sticks straight out from the skull or lies at an angle at odds with the rest of an individual's hair, like a whorl or vortex. 

mop

noun
  • A dense head of hair. 

  • A wash with a mop; the act of mopping. 

  • An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle. 

  • A made-up face; a grimace. 

  • A firearm particularly if it has a large magazine (compare broom, but still can be related to MP) 

verb
  • To shoplift. 

  • To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop. 

  • To make a wry expression with the mouth. 

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