mopping

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of mop

noun

1. The process of cleaning with a mop.

   “Even as it buckled over the years and the nail heads at the edges popped up and rusted from repeated moppings, that floor symbolized her unyielding independence.”

2. An application of molten asphalt to a roof etc.