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   Mob

   /mäb/

   

   noun

   • 1. a large crowd of people, especially one that is disorderly and intent on causing trouble or violence: "a mob of protesters" Similar crowdhordemultituderabblemassbodythronggrouphostpackpresscrushjamganggatheringswarmassemblagearchaic:rout
   • ▪ the Mafia or a similar criminal organization.
   • ▪ the ordinary people: "the age-old fear that the mob may organize to destroy the last vestiges of civilized life" Similar the common peoplethe massesthe populacethe publicthe multitudethe rank and filethe commonalitythe commonaltythe third estatethe plebeiansthe proletariatthe peasantrythe crowdthe hoi polloithe lower classesthe common herdthe rabblethe riffraffthe canaillethe great unwashedthe dregs of societythe ragtag (and bobtail)the prolesthe plebs

   verb

   • 1. crowd around (someone) in an unruly and excitable way in order to admire or attack them: "he was mobbed by autograph hunters" Similar surroundswarm aroundbesiegejostleharassset uponfall onworrycrowd (into)cram fullfill to overflowingfillpackthrongpress intosqueeze into
   • ▪ (of a group of birds or mammals) surround and attack (a predator or other source of threat) in order to drive it off: "a cuckoo flew over, to be mobbed at once by two reed warblers"
   • ▪ crowd into (a building or place): "an unruly crowd mobbed the White House during an inaugural reception"

   Word Origin late 17th century: abbreviation of archaic mobile, short for Latin mobile vulgus ‘excitable crowd’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. mobber noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • M

     3

   • O

     1

   • B

     3

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