mob

mob  (mb)

n.

1. A large disorderly crowd or throng. See Synonyms at crowd¹.

2. The mass of common people; the populace.

3. Informal

a. An organized gang of criminals; a crime syndicate.

b. often Mob Organized crime. Often used with the: a murder suspect with links to the Mob.

4. An indiscriminate or loosely associated group of persons or things: a mob of boats in the harbor.

5. Australian A flock or herd of animals.

tr.v. mobbed, mob·bing, mobs

1. To crowd around and jostle or annoy, especially in anger or excessive enthusiasm: Eager fans mobbed the popular singer.

2. To crowd into: Visitors mobbed the fairgrounds.

3. To attack in large numbers; overwhelm: The quarterback was mobbed by the defensive line.

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[Short for mobile, from Latin mbile (vulgus), fickle (crowd), neuter of mbilis; see mobile.]

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mobbish adj.

mobbish·ly adv.

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mob

Noun

1. a riotous or disorderly crowd of people

2. Informal any group of people

3. the masses

4. Slang a gang of criminals

Verb

[mobbing, mobbed]

1. to attack in a group resembling a mob

2. to surround in a crowd to acclaim or attack: she was mobbed by her fans when she left the theatre [shortened from Latin mobile vulgus the fickle populace]

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Mob

See also crowds.

mobbism

the behavior of a mob. — mobbish, adj. — mobbishly, adv.

mobolatry

a reverence for and veneration of the mob.

ochlocracy

a rule or government by a mob. — ochlocrat, n. — ochlocratie, ochlocratical, adj.

ochlophobia

an abnormal fear of crowds or mobs. — ochlophobe, n. — ochlophobic, adj.

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Mob a rabble, 1688; a crowd or collection of things. See also canaille, flock, herd.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mob - a disorderly crowd of people         rabble, rout crowd - a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers" lynch mob - a mob that kills a person for some presumed offense without legal authority
	2.	mob - a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities crime syndicate, syndicate, family gangdom, gangland, organized crime - underworld organizations Cosa Nostra, Maffia, Mafia - a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia
	3.	mob - an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves" gang, pack, ring association - a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association" nest - a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality; "a nest of thieves" youth gang - a gang whose members are teenagers gangdom, gangland, organized crime - underworld organizations gangster, mobster - a criminal who is a member of gang
Verb	1.	mob - press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium" jam, throng, pile, pack crowd together, crowd - to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah"

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mob

noun 1. crowd, pack, collection, mass, body, press, host, gathering, drove, gang, flock, herd, swarm, horde, multitude, throng, assemblage

noun 2. masses, rabble, hoi polloi, scum, great unwashed (informal), (derogatory) riffraff, canaille (French) commonalty

noun 3. gang, company, group, set, lot, troop, crew (informal)

verb 4. surround, besiege, overrun, jostle, fall on, set upon, crowd around, swarm around

verb 5. crowd into, fill, crowd, pack, jam, cram into, fill to overflowing

Translations

mob [mɔb] n → multitud f;

(pej): the mob → el populacho

vt → acosar

mob [mɔb] n → foule f;

(disorderly) → cohue f;

(pej);

the mob → la populace vt → assaillir

mob [mɔb] n → Mob m;

(organized) → Bande f

vt → herfallen über +acc

mob [mɔb] n → folla;

(disorderly) → calca;

(pej): the mob → la plebaglia

vt → accalcarsi intorno a

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mob

n mob [mob]

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v – past tense, past participle mobbed –

(of a crowd) to surround and push about in a disorderly way The singer was mobbed by a huge crowd of his fans.omring, aangevalيَتَجَمْهَر حَوْلобграждамobklopitpuffeanpöbelnπερικυκλώνω, τσαλαπατώacosarrüsinal ümbritsemaازدحام کردنtuuppiaassaillirלְהִתקַהֵלउत्तेजित होनाnavaliti, nasrnutimegrohanmengerumunigera aðsúg aðassalire群れて押し寄せる떼를 지어 에워싸다apstumdyti, grumdyti(pūlī) stumdīt, grūstītmengerumuniomzwermenstimle rundt, omringeprzepychać, napierać naatacara asaltaтолпитьсяobklopiťnavaliti na koganasrnutiskocka sig omkring, omringaรุมล้อมbaşına üşüşmek, etrafını sarmak圍聚товпитися; оточуватиبڑی بھیڑ کے حملے کا شکار ہوناtấn công围聚