Word Frequency
mob (mɒb
)
Definitions
noun
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- a riotous or disorderly crowd of people; rabble
- (as modifier) ⇒
mob law
,mob violence
- (often derogatory) a group or class of people, animals, or things
- (Australian & New Zealand) a flock (of sheep) or a herd (of cattle, esp when droving)
- (often derogatory) the masses
- (slang) a gang of criminals
verb
Word forms: mobs, mobbing, mobbed
tr- to attack in a group resembling a mob
- to surround, esp in order to acclaim ⇒
they mobbed the film star
- to crowd into (a building, plaza, etc)
- (of a group of animals of a prey species) to harass (a predator)
See also
mobsDerived Forms
ˈmobber nounˈmobbish adjective
Word Origin
C17: shortened from Latin mōbile vulgus the fickle populace; see mobileSponsored Links
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