Robert Charles Kerman was born on December 16, 1947, in Brooklyn, New York City. His father was a pickle maker and his mother did bookkeeping for the family business.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: A mop is a mass or bundle of coarse strings or yarn, etc., or a piece of cloth, sponge, or other absorbent material, attached to a pole or stick. It is used to soak up liquid, for cleaning floors and other surfaces, or to mop up dust, or for other cleaning purposes.
sharpen verb [T] (ABLE TO CUT). C2 to make something âsharp or âsharper: My âpencil is âblunt-I'll have to sharpen it.figurative The âcompany is âcutting âproduction âcosts in an âattempt to sharpen âits âcompetitive âedge (= in âorder to âimprove how âcompetitive it is). More examples. 1  I need to sharpen that â knife.