Definitions and meaning of mob
mob
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: mŏb, IPA(key): /mɒb/
- (General American) enPR: mŏb, IPA(key): /mɑb/
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- Rhymes: -ɒb
Etymology 1
From Middle English mob, short for mobile, from Latin mōbile (vulgus) (“fickle (crowd)”). The video-gaming sense originates from English mobile, used by Richard Bartle for objects capable of movement in an early MUD.
Noun
mob (plural mobs)
- A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.
- February 13, 1788, James Madison, Jr., Federalist No. 55
- Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.
- See also: Mob (the masses)
- (archaic) The lower classes of a community; the rabble.
- (collective noun) A group of animals such as horses or cattle.
- (collective noun) A group of kangaroos.
- (collective noun) A flock of emus.
- A mafia: a group that engages in organized crime.
- See also: Mob, Mafia (proper noun senses for specific ones)
- (Australian Aboriginal) A group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or wider community group, from a particular place or country.
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Verb
mob (third-person singular simple present mobs, present participle mobbing, simple past and past participle mobbed)
- (transitive) To crowd around (someone), sometimes with hostility.
- (transitive) To crowd into or around a place.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Alteration of mab.
Noun
mob (plural mobs)
- (obsolete) A promiscuous woman; a harlot or wench; a prostitute. [17th–18th c.]
- A mob cap.
- c. 1773-1774, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs Bunbury
- cover their faces with mobs
Derived terms
Verb
mob (third-person singular simple present mobs, present participle mobbing, simple past and past participle mobbed)
- (transitive) To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.
Etymology 3
Abbreviation of mobile.
Noun
mob (plural mobs)
- Abbreviation of mobile phone.
- (video games) A non-player character, especially one that exists to be fought or killed to further the progression of the story or game.
- Synonym: mobile
- (chiefly Japanese media) A background character in general.
Usage notes
- (mobile phone): This is most often used in signwriting to match with the other three-letter abbreviations tel (“telephone”) and fax (“facsimile”).
Further reading
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- Mob in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
References
Anagrams
Danish
Verb
mob
- imperative of mobbe
French
Etymology
Clipping of mobylette.
Pronunciation
Noun
mob f (plural mobs)
- (colloquial) scooter, moped
Further reading
- “mob”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from English mob, from Middle English mob, short for mobile, from Latin mōbile (vulgus) (“fickle (crowd)”).
Pronunciation
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- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈmob/ [ˈmɔp̚]
- Rhymes: -ob
- Syllabification: mob
Noun
mob (plural mob-mob)
- (politics) mob: a large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action
Further reading
- “mob” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Volapük
Pronunciation
Noun
mob (nominative plural mobs)
- suggestion
Declension
Derived terms
White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔmun (“illness, pain”). Cognate with Iu Mien mun.
Pronunciation
Verb
mob
- to be ill/sick; to hurt; to be unwell
References
- Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)
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