mope

Object

• rider: A TEENAGE moped rider was injured this morning in a head-on collision on the A4 at Benham Hill.
• test: You MUST first pass the theory test for motorcycles and then the moped practical test to obtain your full moped license.
• moped: Types of bike Moped A moped has an engine no larger than 50cc, weighs less than 250kg and goes no faster than 50kmph.

Preposition: through

life: It won't do for a man like you to go moping through life as I have done.

Preposition: around

house: My Mom was acting all weird, moping around the house.

Modifies a noun

head: For example, the mope head in Vietnam, the rickshaw in Sri Lanka, the horse in New Zealand, only kidding.

Modifying Another Word

• about: I felt very pleased with myself for getting out, not moping about in the hotel room.
• n't: Rose's Mom wasn't annoying and was genuinely funny, and Mickey was n't moping around being wet and useless.
• there: Now jump up, there's a good fellow, and don't lie moping there on a fine morning like this!
• around: It mopes around and sits on the window sill so nobody will know.
• back: So he moped back round to Mike's Manic Motors.
• always: Melissa was always moping and throwing tantrums about something.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• around: In the meantime, Darren doesn't spend his days moping around, worrying about how long he has left.
• over: He moped over to his seat, fiddled endlessly with his stool and dusted down the piano.

Followed by a transitive particle

around: Rick Hunter finally decides to join the Robotech Defense Force, instead of moping around the city.