mobnoun [ + sing/pl verb ]
uk/mɒb/us/mɑːb/[ C ] usually disapproving a large, angry crowd, especially one that could easily become violent:
[ C ] informal a group of people who are friends or who are similar in some way:
[ S ] informal an organization of criminals:
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Groups of people
- alliance
- an
- assemblage
- band
- bee
- corps
- crop
- galaxy
- gang
- ginger group
- group
- grouping
- quarter
- stable
- think tank
- threesome
- throng
- tribe
- triumvirate
- wing
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mobverb [ T ]
uk/mɒb/us/mɑːb/-bb-[ T usually passive ] to come together around someone in a crowd to express admiration, interest, or anger:
[ I or T ] When birds or small animals mob a bigger or more frightening bird or animal that is hunting them, they attack it together and force it to go away.
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Forming groups (of people)
- be ranged against/with sth/sb
- cluster
- congregate
- convene
- converge
- corral
- crowd around (sb/sth)
- flock
- form
- gather
- get
- get together
- group
- muster
- range
- reunion
- round
- round sth/sb up
- throng
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