Nearby Words

flash mob

flash mob

noun
1.
a large group of people mobilized by social media to meet in a public place for the purpose of doing an unusual or entertaining activity of short duration: A flash mob brought joy to commuters waiting for their train.
verb (used with object)
2.
to crowd around (a place or person) in a flash mob: The store got flash mobbed by dancing teenagers.

:10

:09

:08

:07

:06

:05

:04

:03

:02

:01

Flash mob is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Also, flash·mob.


Origin:
2000–05; flash in the sense of ‘quick;’ on the model of smart mob

flash mobber, flash mobster, noun
flash mobbing, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To flash mob
Collins
World English Dictionary
flash mob
 
n
a group of people coordinated by email to meet to perform some predetermined action at a particular place and time and then disperse quickly
 
'flashmobbing
 
n

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
Main Entry:  flash mob
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a group of people who organize on the Internet and then quickly assemble in a public place, do something bizarre, and disperse; also called inexplicable mob
Example:  Organizing a flash mob involves emailing a group with instructions to show up at a certain place and time to do something and then disappear.
Etymology:  origin was event called Mob Project
Usage:  flash-mobber, flash-mobbing n
Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
Copyright © 2003-2012 Dictionary.com, LLC
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature