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   mob

   /mɒb/

   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
   • ▪ a group of people in the same place or with something in common: informal British "he stood out from the rest of the mob with his silver hair and stacked shoes" Similar groupsetcrowdlotcirclecoteriein-crowdclanfactionpackbandringfraternitybrotherhoodsocietytroopcompanyteaminformal:gangbunchladsshower
   • ▪ an Aboriginal extended family or community: Australian "my mob travelled and traded with other people"
   • ▪ 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 riff-raffthe canaillethe great unwashedthe dregs of societythe ragtag (and bobtail)the prolesthe plebs
   • 2. the Mafia or a similar criminal organization: North American "he gambled at a time when the Mob ran gaming"
   • 3. a flock or herd of animals: Australian, New Zealand "a mob of cattle"

   verb

   • 1. crowd round (someone) or into (a place) in an unruly way: "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"

   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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