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moppy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From mop + -y.

Meanings

  1. (of hair) disordered, tousled
    • “When I’m downloading an Internet, to do an e-mail, for sending, how do I make it go to your stepmother?” the dad asks his son, a Mac-user with moppy, Robby Benson hair. 2009 August 2, Virginia Heffernan, “Hop on, Pop”, in New York Times:
  2. (slang) tipsy; drunk

Forms

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moppiest Degree=Sup lexicographic
moppier Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

disheveled · drunk (drunk) · unkempt

Translations (3)

cs rozcuchaný (tousled) · cs líznutý (drunk) · gd ròibeanach (tousled)