mob

Definitions


[mɒb], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a large crowd of people, especially one that is disorderly and intent on causing trouble or violence
(e.g: a mob of protesters)

- the Mafia or a similar criminal organization
(e.g: he gambled at a time when the Mob ran gaming)

- a flock or herd of animals
(e.g: a mob of cattle)


Phrases:

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


[mɒb], (Verb)

Definitions:
- crowd round (someone) or into (a place) in an unruly way
(e.g: he was mobbed by autograph hunters)


Phrases:

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




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