Mob

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A large disorderly crowd or throng. See Synonyms at crowd1.
  • n. The mass of common people; the populace.
  • n. Informal An organized gang of criminals; a crime syndicate.
  • n. Informal Organized crime. Often used with the: a murder suspect with links to the Mob.
  • n. An indiscriminate or loosely associated group of persons or things: a mob of boats in the harbor.
  • n. Australian A flock or herd of animals.
  • v. To crowd around and jostle or annoy, especially in anger or excessive enthusiasm: Eager fans mobbed the popular singer.
  • v. To crowd into: Visitors mobbed the fairgrounds.
  • v. To attack in large numbers; overwhelm: The quarterback was mobbed by the defensive line.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • abbreviation. mobile phone
  • n. An unruly group of people.
  • n. A commonly used collective noun for animals such as horses or cattle.
  • n. The Mafia, or a similar group that engages in organized crime (preceded by the).
  • n. A non-player character that exists to be fought or killed to further the progression of the story or game.
  • v. To crowd around (someone), often with hostility.
  • v. To crowd into or around a place.
  • v. The act of a player aggroing enemies so they follow them and gather, forming a mob of foes.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A mobcap.
  • v. To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.
  • n. The lower classes of a community; the populace, or the lowest part of it.
  • n. A throng; a rabble; esp., an unlawful or riotous assembly; a disorderly crowd.
  • v. To crowd about, as a mob, and attack or annoy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A mob-cap.
  • To conceal or cover, as the face, by a cap or hood.
  • To dress awkwardly.
  • n. The common mass of people; the multitude; hence, a promiscuous aggregation of people in any rank of life; an incoherent, rude, or disorderly crowd; rabble.
  • n. A riotous assemblage; a crowd of persons gathered for mischief or attack; a promiscuous multitude of rioters.
  • n. A herd, as of horses or cattle; a flock, as of sheep.
  • n. Synonyms Rabble, etc. See populace.
  • To attack in a disorderly crowd; crowd round and annoy; beset tumultuously, whether from curiosity or with hostile intent: as, to mob a person in the street.
  • To scold.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an association of criminals
  • v. press tightly together or cram
  • n. a disorderly crowd of people
  • n. a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
  • Verb Form
    mobbed    mobbing    mobs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    crowd together    crowd   
    Cross Reference
    crowd    people    swell mob   
    Variant
    mobbing    mobbed   
    Form
    mobbed    mobbing    mobbist    mobber    mobbish    mob cap   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    mobcap    throng    rabble    crowd    attack    Mafia    mafia   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bob    Cobb    Job    Punjab    Rob    blob    bob    cob    cobb    dob   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    crowd    throng    horde    multitude    rabble    populace    gang    army    band    faction