1
: a large and disorderly crowd of people
especially
: one bent on riotous or destructive action
2
informal
: a large number of people
a mob of shoppers clogged the aisles
a team greeted by mobs of fans
3
: a criminal set : gang
4
old-fashioned
: the common people : masses
5
chiefly Australia
: a flock, drove, or herd of animals
mobbed; mobbing
1
: to crowd about and attack or annoy
mobbed by autograph hunters
a crow mobbed by songbirds
2
: to crowd into or around
customers mob the stores on sale days
Synonyms
Examples of mob in a Sentence
Noun
The angry mob smashed store windows and attacked people on the streets.
The police had to be called in to handle the growing mob.
He was jailed for his dealings with the Mob.
Verb
The actor's fans mobbed him wherever he went.
Shoppers mobbed the stores during the holidays.
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Marc Berman, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The third season saw a series of explosions rocking Kingstown and its citizens, as a new face of the Russian mob set up shop in the city and a drug war raged inside and outside prison walls.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2024
Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
Brown was mobbed by his teammates, while the Commanders sideline sprinted onto the field in amazement and shock, including head coach Dan Quinn.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2024
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Noun
In season three, which dropped four months ago, a series of explosions rocked Kingstown and its citizens, as a new face of the Russian mob set up shop in the city, and a drug war raged inside and outside prison walls.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The third season saw a series of explosions rocking Kingstown and its citizens, as a new face of the Russian mob set up shop in the city and a drug war raged inside and outside prison walls.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2024
Verb
Across the Bay Bridge at John’s Grill in downtown San Francisco, streets were closed off and already mobbed by early afternoon with folks crowding in for the restaurant’s traditional election day lunch.
—Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
Brown was mobbed by his teammates, while the Commanders sideline sprinted onto the field in amazement and shock, including head coach Dan Quinn.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Mob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mob. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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