Mops

From Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “mouse”) +‎ -ops (“eye; resembling”, from Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps)). Coined by French surgeon, naturalist, ornithologist, and herpetologist René Lesson in 1842.

• English: enPR: mŏps
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɒps/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /mɑps/
  • Rhymes: -ɒps

Mops m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Molossidae – certain bats.
2. A taxonomic subgenus within the family Molossidae – Mops (Mops).

• Mops (bat) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mops on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Mops (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• IPA^(key): /mɔps/

Borrowed from Dutch mops (“pug”). Further origin unsettled. Possibly a malicious use of mop (“German; Fritz; Kraut”), an early variant of mof. Alternatively from mopperen (“to grumble”), earlier also moppen, to which compare regional German möppern. The latter is plausible given the seemingly grumpy face of the dog.

Mops m (strong, genitive Mopses, plural Möpse)

1. pug (dog)
2. (colloquial) chubby person
3. (colloquial, chiefly in the plural) boob; tit (woman’s breast)
   • 1985, John Irving (translator anonymous), Laßt die Bären los! (original title: Setting Free the Bears, 1968), reprinted 2013, Diogenes Verlag AG, →ISBN, p. 39:

     »Mein linker Mops juckt«, flüsterte sie. »Ich habe eine Wagenladung Erde im BH.«

     “My left boob’s itchy,” she whispered. “There’s a truckload of ground in my bra.”

   Ist das keine Verstümmelung, wenn mann die Brüste/den Busen einer Frau als »Möpse« bezeichnet?

   Isn't that an act of maltreatment/mutilation if you call a woman's breasts "boobs"?

   "Die gefallene Madonna mit den prallen Möpsen" des Malers Van Klomp, die nun von Adolf Hitler gesucht wird.

   "The fallen Madonna with the big boobies" by the artist Van Klomp, that Hitler's looking for

• mopsen
• Mopsfledermaus
• Rollmops

Mops

1. plural of Mop
2. genitive singular of Mop

• “Mops” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Mops” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Mops” in Duden online