mob

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Etymology 1

Middle English, 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.

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: mŏb, IPA: /mɒb/, X-SAMPA: /mQb/
(US) enPR: mŏb, IPA: /mɑb/, X-SAMPA: /mAb/
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Rhymes: -ɒb

Noun

mob (plural mobs)

An unruly group of people.
A commonly used collective noun for animals such as horses or cattle.
The Mafia, or a similar group that engages in organized crime (preceded by the).
- 1986, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: Under the Desert Stars, Dark Horse Books
  What if it is a mob killing? They can’t hurt me, but…
(video games) A non-player character that exists to be fought or killed to further the progression of the story or game.

Derived terms

Synonyms

(mafia): mafia, Mafia

Translations

unruly group of people

Albanian: turmë (sq) f
Dutch: menigte (nl) f, massa (nl) c
Galician: turba (gl) f
Greek: όχλος (el) (óchlos) m
Hungarian: csőcselék (hu)
Italian: folla (it) f
Japanese: 暴徒 (ja) (ぼうと, bōto)

Latin: turba (la)
Portuguese: multidão (pt)
Russian: шайка (ru) (šájka) f , банда (ru) (bánda) f
Scottish Gaelic: gràisg (gd) f
Spanish: turba (es)

collective noun

Dutch: kudde (nl) c
German: Herde Kängurus (de) f, Känguruherde (de) f
Greek: όχλος (el) (óchlos) m

Japanese: 群れ (ja) (むれ, mure)
Spanish: rebaño (es) m, ganado (es) m
Volapük: (kangaroos) kangurem (vo), (horses) jevodem (vo), (cattle) bubem (vo)

mafia

Dutch: maffia (nl) c
Greek: μαφία (el) (mafía) f
Japanese: マフィア (ja) (mafia)
Persian: مافیا (fa)

Polish: mafia (pl) f
Portuguese: máfia (pt)
Spanish: mafia (es) f

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Arabic: مجموعة من الناس الخارجين عن السيطرة
Finnish: lauma, väkijoukko

French: foule (fr) f
Hebrew: ערב רב (he) (eirev rav)
Scots: clanjamphry
Turkish: başıbozuk, güruh

Verb

mob (third-person singular simple present mobs, present participle mobbing, simple past and past participle mobbed)

(transitive) To crowd around (someone), often with hostility.
The fans mobbed a well-dressed couple who resembled their idols.
(transitive) To crowd into or around a place.
The shoppers mobbed the store on the first day of the sale.
(video games) The act of a player aggroing enemies so they follow them and gather, forming a mob of foes.