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mob

Pronunciation: /mɒb/

The English word “mob” has 15 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.
  2. The lower classes of a community; the rabble.
  3. A group of animals of any kind.
  4. A group of kangaroos.
  5. A group of any marsupial.
  6. A group of emus.
  7. A mafia: a group that engages in organized crime.
  8. A group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or wider community group, from a particular place or country.
  9. A promiscuous woman; a harlot or wench; a prostitute.
  10. A mob cap.
  11. A creature or non-player character, especially one meant to be fought or killed.
  12. A background character in general.

verb

  1. To crowd around (someone), sometimes with hostility.
  2. To crowd into or around a place.
  3. To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.

Etymology

From Middle English mob, short for mobile, from Latin mōbile (vulgus) (“fickle (crowd)”).

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