moppy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From mop +‎ -y.

Adjective[edit]

moppy (comparative moppier, superlative moppiest)

  1. (of hair) disordered, tousled
    Synonyms: disheveled, unkempt
    • 2009 August 2, Virginia Heffernan, “Hop on, Pop”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      “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.
  2. (slang) tipsy; drunk

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