mophead

A child with a mophead of curly hair laughs while playing in the park.

Definition

Noun: - A person with a head of hair resembling a mop: "mophead" refers to someone, typically a child or a person with unkempt, thick, and bushy hair that looks like the cleaning tool known as a mop.

Usage Examples

• (A child with messy, bushy hair.)
• (A person whose hair is disheveled and untidy.)

Advanced Usage

• "to be a mophead": used informally to describe a state of messy hair.
  • She woke up a mophead after tossing and turning all night. (Her hair was tangled and wild upon waking.)

Variants and Related Words

• Mop-headed (adj): having hair that is bushy and unkempt, like a mop.
  • The mop-headed puppy shook its fur everywhere. (The puppy had a shaggy, messy coat.)
• Mop (n): a cleaning tool with a long handle and absorbent material at one end; also used metaphorically for hair.
  • He used a mop to clean the floor, but his own hair was a mop. (His hair was as untidy as the cleaning tool.)

Synonyms

• Shaggy: having long, rough, or unkempt hair or fur.
• Tousled: (of hair) untidy in a way that suggests it has been ruffled.
• Disheveled: (of a person's hair or appearance) untidy; messy.

Related Idioms

• A mop of hair: a thick, untidy mass of hair (closely related to "mophead").
  • She had a mop of curly red hair that bounced when she walked. (A large, bushy head of hair.)
• Mop up: to clean or absorb liquid with a mop; also a phrasal verb.
  • He had to mop up the spill before it stained the carpet. (Clean using a mop.)