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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mob /mɑb/USA pronunciation n., adj., v., mobbed, mob•bing. n. [countable] - a disorderly crowd of people:angry mobs of protesters.
- the common people:[singular* the + ~]rule by the mob.
- Sociology[Informal.]a criminal gang involved in organized crime:the most powerful mob in the area.
adj. [before a noun] - of or by the common people:degenerated into mob rule.
v. [~ + object] - to crowd around noisily, as from curiosity or hostility:Fans mobbed the actor.
- to attack in a riotous mob:The crowd mobbed the consulate.
- to fill with people;
crowd:The theater was mobbed with people trying to get in.
-mob-, root. - -mob- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "move.'' It is related to -mot- and -mov-. This meaning is found in such words as: automobile, demobilize, immobile, immobilize, mobile, mobility, mobilize, snowmobile.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mob (mob),USA pronunciation n., adj., v., mobbed, mob•bing. n. - a disorderly or riotous crowd of people.
- a crowd bent on or engaged in lawless violence.
- any group or collection of persons or things.
- the common people;
the masses;
populace or multitude. - Sociologya criminal gang, esp. one involved in drug trafficking, extortion, etc.
- Sociologythe Mob, Mafia (def. 1).
- Sociologya group of persons stimulating one another to excitement and losing ordinary rational control over their activity.
- Animal Husbandrya flock, herd, or drove of animals:a mob of sheep.
adj. - Sociologyof, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lawless, irrational, disorderly, or riotous crowd:mob rule; mob instincts.
- directed at or reflecting the lowest intellectual level of the common people:mob appeal; the mob mentality.
v.t. - to crowd around noisily, as from curiosity or hostility:Spectators mobbed the courtroom.
- to attack in a riotous mob:The crowd mobbed the consulate.
- Sport[Fox Hunting.]to chop (a fox).
- short for Latin mōbile vulgus the movable (i.e., changeable, inconstant) common people 1680–90
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mob /mɒb/ n - 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
- Austral NZ a flock (of sheep) or a herd (of cattle, esp when droving)
- often derogatory the masses
- slang a gang of criminals
vb (mobs, mobbing, mobbed)(transitive)- to attack in a group resembling a mob
- to surround, esp in order to acclaim
- to crowd into (a building, plaza, etc)
Etymology: 17th Century: shortened from Latin mōbile vulgus the fickle populace; see mobile |