English Explanatory Dictionary

mob

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.
  2. The lower classes of a community; the rabble.
  3. A group of animals such as horses or cattle.
  4. (collective) A group of kangaroos.
  5. (collective) A group of emus.
  6. A mafia: a group that engages in organized crime.
  7. A group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or wider community group, from a particular place or country.
verb
  1. To crowd around (someone), sometimes with hostility.
  2. To crowd into or around a place.
noun
  1. A promiscuous woman; a harlot or wench; a prostitute.
  2. A mob cap.
verb
  1. To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of mobile phone.
  2. A creature or non-player character, especially one meant to be fought or killed.
  3. A background character in general.
name
  1. The Mafia: any particular mafia, mentioned uniquely within the discussion's established or implicit context, usually and especially the Sicilian–Italian–Italian-American one (especially in American English) but occasionally others (e.g., the Russian one, the Japanese one).
  2. The masses, especially the 'great unwashed masses': the general population, or rabble, viewed as one mob of unruly, disorganized people predisposed to violence and malevolence.
intj
  1. Initialism of man overboard, used e.g. on the emergency button of a satellite navigator. By pushing the button the operator stores the coordinates of a man overboard incident for easy access.
adj
  1. Initialism of mesio occlusal buccal.
  2. Initialism of missing on blog, the act of abandoning ones blog (or weblog) for an extended period of time.
noun
  1. Initialism of mother of the bride.

Pronunciation

mŏb /mɒb/ /mɑb/ en-us-mob.ogg

Word forms

mob mobs mobbing mobbed the Mob

Etymology

From Middle English mob, short for mobile, from Latin mōbile (vulgus) (“fickle (crowd)”).

Synonyms

mafia cell mobile

Derived words

angry mob antimob cybermob flashmob flash mob gopher mob heavy mob King Mob lynch mob meal mob mobber mobbish mobbism mobbist mob-handed mob handed mob-handedly mob-handedness mob law moble moblike mob mentality mobmobile mobocracy mobocrat mob programming mobproof mob rule mobsman mobster mob stocking Mobtown mob wife rent-a-mob smart mob swell mob trash mob Twittermob vote mob woke mob mob up mob cap
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