Rhymes for MOP-UP

• a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services

• small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done

• a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity)

• do one's shopping

• do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

• shop around; not necessarily buying

• give away information about somebody

• situated at the top or highest position

• the upper part of anything

• the highest or uppermost side of anything

• the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

• the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat

• the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

• the greatest possible intensity

• platform surrounding the head of a lower mast

• a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin

• covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)

• a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips

• a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance

• be superior or better than some standard

• pass by, over, or under without making contact

• be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point

• be ahead of others; be the first

• provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure)

• reach or ascend the top of

• strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spin

• cut the top off

• be the culminating event

• finish up or conclude

• a book (usually for children) that contains one or more pages such that a three-dimensional structure rises up when a page is opened

• a short high fly ball

• a store that is open for a limited period of time on temporary premises

• an amount needed to restore something to its former level

• the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide)

• a small cut of meat including part of a rib

• a jaw

• a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball

• a grounder that bounces high in the air

• cut into pieces with repeated blows

• move suddenly

• form or shape by chopping

• strike sharply, as in some sports

• cut with a hacking tool

• hit sharply

• the yield from plants in a single growing season

• a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale

• a collection of people or things appearing together

• the output of something in a season

• the stock or handle of a whip

• a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food

• cut short

• prepare for crops

• yield crops

• let feed in a field or pasture or meadow

• feed as in a meadow or pasture

• cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

• an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage

• someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)

• a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts

• (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device

• the act of providing approval and support

• thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes

• a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard

• a warrant to take someone into custody

• anything with restorative powers

• a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships

• the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration

• mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge

• an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable

• the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places

• the act of taking aboard passengers or freight

• equipment designed to serve a specific function

• the way something is organized or arranged

• an act that incriminates someone on a false charge

• a thick sweet sticky liquid

• a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ

• port wine mulled with oranges and cloves

• (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color

• an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers

• someone who is unsuccessful

• a complete failure

• the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink

• with a flopping sound

• completely

• fall loosely

• fall suddenly and abruptly

• fail utterly; collapse

• a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling

• any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie

• a propeller that rotates to push against air

• support by placing against something solid or rigid

• the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations)

• coming apart

• the act of building up an accumulation

• the result of the process of accumulation

• highly favorable publicity and praise

• a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person

• a very large profit

• (baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team)

• the act of making something clean

• a set of clothing (with accessories)

• a fully developed person from maturity onward

• (of animals) fully developed

• (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion

• breathe spasmodically, and make a sound

• robbery at gunpoint

• the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time

• a device providing a connection between a power source and a user

• a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose

• jail in a local police station

• the act of locking something up to protect it

• an arm exercise performed lying face to the floor and pushing the body up and down with the arms

• the activity of gathering livestock together so that they can be counted or branded or sold

• a summary list; as in e.g. "a news roundup"

• the systematic gathering up of suspects by the police

• the first light of day

• as much as a teacup will hold

• a cup from which tea is drunk

• cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance

• an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event

• the way in which someone or something is composed

• any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus

• a dirty untidy woman

• A sexually loose woman

• a woman adulterer

• enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering

• a series of chirps

• make high-pitched sounds

• something badly botched or muddled

• dishware consisting of a small cup for serving a boiled egg

• give a spanking to; subject to a spanking

• a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)

• a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished

• a fastener that serves to join or connect

• an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property

• the amount added to the cost to determine the asking price

• detailed stylistic instructions for typesetting something that is to be printed; manual markup is usually written on the copy (e.g. underlining words that are to be set in italics)

• the pairing of people or things as for comparison or competition

• the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation

• a thick sweet sticky liquid

• the act of accelerating; increasing the speed

• the act of setting in operation

• the act of starting a new operation or practice

• robbery at gunpoint

• support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go

• the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea

• an unpredictable phenomenon