mob

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A large or disorderly group of people

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

   • Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.
   • See also: Mob (the masses)
2. 2

   The lower classes of a community

   The lower classes of a community; the rabble.

   • A cluster of mob, who were making themselves merry with their betters.
3. 3

   A group of animals such as horses or cattle.

   • Well behind the fire were the pack-saddles and a dark mob of feeding horses[.]
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   1. 4

      (collective) A group of kangaroos.

   2. 5

      (collective) A group of emus.

   3. 6

      A mafia

      A mafia: a group that engages in organized crime.

      • The Bat—they called him the Bat.[…]. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
      • What if it is a mob killing? They can’t hurt me, but …
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      A group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or…

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

      • There’s nothing like local knowledge and after thousands of years living here the Noongar mob understand this land better than anyone, so it makes sense for them to tap into the lucrative tourism industry.
      • There’s a saying among blak mob, ‘It doesn’t matter how much milk you put in tea, it’s still tea.’ I am a descendant of genocide survivors, a child of the oldest living culture on Earth. Nothing, no amount of milk, can change that.
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      To crowd around (someone), sometimes with hostility.

      • The fans mobbed a well-dressed couple who resembled their idols.
      • Politicians have been turning up to Glastonbury for years, but this year the leader of the opposition was among the most hotly anticipated attractions: when he arrived on site, his Land Rover was mobbed by fans.
   6. 9

      To crowd into or around a place.

      • The shoppers mobbed the store on the first day of the sale.
   7. 10

      A promiscuous woman

      A promiscuous woman; a harlot or wench; a prostitute.

   8. 11

      A mob cap.

      • c. 1773-1774, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs Bunbury cover their faces with mobs
   9. 12

      To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.

   10. 13

       Abbreviation of mobile phone.

   11. 14

       A creature or non-player character, especially one meant to be fought or killed.

       • Instead of fighting the mobs myself someone led me around to "help" me level; […]
       • You can't win with small, balanced groups. You have to zerg the mob with a high number of players.
   12. 15

       A background character in general.

   13. 16

       The Mafia

       The Mafia: any particular mafia, mentioned uniquely within the discussion's established or implicit context, usually and especially the Sicilian–Italian–Italian-American one (especially in American English) but occasionally others (e.g., the Russian one, the Japanese one).

   14. 17

       The masses, especially the 'great unwashed masses'

       The masses, especially the 'great unwashed masses': the general population, or rabble, viewed as one mob of unruly, disorganized people predisposed to violence and malevolence.

       • tempted to ascribe Poe's narrators' mentions of the Mob to misanthropy in the author himself
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       Initialism of man overboard, used e.g. on the emergency button of a satellite navigator.…

       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.

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       Initialism of mesio occlusal buccal.

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

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

   18. 21

       Initialism of mother of the bride.

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