MOB

mob, rabble, rout

(noun) a disorderly crowd of people

gang, pack, ring, mob

(noun) an association of criminals; “police tried to break up the gang”; “a pack of thieves”

syndicate, crime syndicate, mob, family

(noun) a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

throng, mob, pack, pile, jam

(verb) press tightly together or cram; “The crowd packed the auditorium”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

mob (plural mobs)

A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.

(collective noun) A group of animals such as horses or cattle.

A flock of emus.

The Mafia, or a similar group that engages in organized crime (preceded by the).

(video games) A non-player character, especially one that exists to be fought or killed to further the progression of the story or game.

(archaic) The lower classes of a community; the rabble.

(Australian Aboriginal) A group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or wider community group, from a particular place or country.

Synonyms

• (mafia): mafia, Mafia

Verb

mob (third-person singular simple present mobs, present participle mobbing, simple past and past participle mobbed)

(transitive) To crowd around (someone), sometimes with hostility.

(transitive) To crowd into or around a place.

Etymology 2

Noun

mob (plural mobs)

(obsolete) A promiscuous woman; a harlot or wench; a prostitute. [17th-18th c.]

A mob cap.

Verb

mob (third-person singular simple present mobs, present participle mobbing, simple past and past participle mobbed)

(transitive) To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of mobile phone.

Noun

mob (plural mobs)

mobile phone

Usage notes

• This is most often used in signwriting to match with the other three-letter abbreviations tel (“telephone”) and fax (“facsimile”).

Anagrams

• BMO, BOM, BoM, MBO, OMB

Interjection

MOB

(nautical) Initialism of man overboard, used e.g. on the emergency button of a satellite navigator. By pushing the button the operator stores the coordinates of a man overboard incident for easy access.

Adjective

MOB (not comparable)

(dentistry) Initialism of mesio occlusal buccal.

Initialism of missing on blog, the act of abandoning ones blog (or weblog) for an extended period of time

Anagrams

• BMO, BOM, BoM, MBO, OMB

Source: Wiktionary


Mob, n. Etym: [See Mobcap.]

Definition: A mobcap. Goldsmith.

Mob, v. t.

Definition: To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl. [R.]

Mob, n. Etym: [L. mobile vulgus, the movable common people. See Mobile, n.]

1. The lower classes of a community; the populace, or the lowest part of it. A cluster of mob were making themselves merry with their betters. Addison.

2. Hence: A throgn; a rabble; esp., an unlawful or riotous assembly; a disorderly crowd. The mob of gentlemen who wrote with ease. Pope. Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob. Madison. Confused by brainless mobs. Tennyson. Mob law, law administered by the mob; lynch law.

– Swell mob, well dressed thieves and swindlers, regarded collectively. [Slang] Dickens.

Mob, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mobbing.]

Definition: To crowd about, as a mob, and attack or annoy; as, to mob a house or a person.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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