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mob

  [mob] noun, adjective, verb, mobbed, mob⋅bing.
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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

Related forms:
mobber, mobbist, noun
mobbish, adjective
mob⋅bish⋅ly, adverb
mob⋅bish⋅ness, noun
mobbism, noun
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mob   (mŏb)   
n.  
  1. A large disorderly crowd or throng. See Synonyms at crowd1.
  2. The mass of common people; the populace.
  3. 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.
  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.

[Short for mobile, from Latin mōbile (vulgus), fickle (crowd), neuter of mōbilis; see mobile.]
mob'bish adj., mob'bish·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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