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mob

mob [ mob ]


noun  (plural mobs)
Definition:
 
1. noisy crowd: a large and unruly crowd of people

2. U.K. group: a group of people ( informal )

3. ordinary people: ordinary people, especially when thought of collectively as unintelligent or irrational ( informal )



transitive verb  (past and past participle mobbed, present participle mob·bing, 3rd person present singular mobs)
Definition:
 
1. crowd around somebody or something: to crowd around somebody or something noisily and excitedly

2. crowd into place: to crowd into and fill a place

3. attack somebody: to attack somebody as a large group

4. zoology attack predator: to surround and harass a potential predator

[Late 17th century. Shortening of archaic mobile< Latin mobile (vulgus) "excitable (crowd)"]

mob·ber noun
mob·bish adjective
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