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–noun

1.	a disorderly or riotous crowd of people.

2.	a crowd bent on or engaged in lawless violence.

3.	any group or collection of persons or things.

4.	the common people; the masses; populace or multitude.

5.	a criminal gang, esp. one involved in drug trafficking, extortion, etc.

6.	the Mob, Mafia (def. 1).

7.	Sociology. a group of persons stimulating one another to excitement and losing ordinary rational control over their activity.

8.	a flock, herd, or drove of animals: a mob of sheep.

–adjective

9.	of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lawless, irrational, disorderly, or riotous crowd: mob rule; mob instincts.

10.	directed at or reflecting the lowest intellectual level of the common people: mob appeal; the mob mentality.

–verb (used with object)

11.	to crowd around noisily, as from curiosity or hostility: Spectators mobbed the courtroom.

12.	to attack in a riotous mob: The crowd mobbed the consulate.

13.	Fox Hunting. to chop (a fox).

[Origin: 1680–90; short for L mōbile vulgus the movable (i.e., changeable, inconstant) common people

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—Related forms

mobber, mobbist, noun

mobbish, adjective

mob·bish·ly, adverb

mob·bish·ness, noun

mobbism, noun

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mob Audio Help (mŏb) Pronunciation Key
n.

A large disorderly crowd or throng. See Synonyms at crowd¹.
The mass of common people; the populace.
Informal
1. An organized gang of criminals; a crime syndicate.
2. often Mob Organized crime. Often used with the: a murder suspect with links to the Mob.
An indiscriminate or loosely associated group of persons or things: a mob of boats in the harbor.
Australian A flock or herd of animals.

tr.v. mobbed, mob·bing, mobs

To crowd around and jostle or annoy, especially in anger or excessive enthusiasm: Eager fans mobbed the popular singer.
To crowd into: Visitors mobbed the fairgrounds.
To attack in large numbers; overwhelm: The quarterback was mobbed by the defensive line.

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

mob'bish adj., mob'bish·ly adv.

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