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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Mob \Mob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mobbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Mobbing.]
     To crowd about, as a mob, and attack or annoy; as, to mob a
     house or a person.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Mob \Mob\, n. [See Mobcap.]
     A mobcap. --Goldsmith.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Mob \Mob\, v. t.
     To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl. [R.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Mob \Mob\, n. [L. mobile vulgus, the movable common people. See
     Mobile, n.]
     1. The lower classes of a community; the populace, or the
        lowest part of it.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A cluster of mob were making themselves merry with
              their betters.                        --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Hence: A throng; a rabble; esp., an unlawful or riotous
        assembly; a disorderly crowd.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The mob of gentlemen who wrote with ease. --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every
              Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.
                                                    --Madison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Confused by brainless mobs.           --Tennyson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Mob law, law administered by the mob; lynch law.
  
     Swell mob, well dressed thieves and swindlers, regarded
        collectively. [Slang] --Dickens.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Mob \Mob\, n. [See Mobcap.]
     A mobcap. --Goldsmith.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Mob \Mob\, v. t.
     To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Mob \Mob\, n. [L. mobile vulgus, the movable common people. See
     Mobile, n.]
     1. The lower classes of a community; the populace, or the
        lowest part of it.
  
              A cluster of mob were making themselves merry with
              their betters.                        --Addison.
  
     2. Hence: A throng; a rabble; esp., an unlawful or riotous
        assembly; a disorderly crowd.
  
              The mob of gentlemen who wrote with ease. --Pope.
  
              Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every
              Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.
                                                    --Madison.
  
              Confused by brainless mobs.           --Tennyson.
  
     Mob law, law administered by the mob; lynch law.
  
     Swell mob, well dressed thieves and swindlers, regarded
        collectively. [Slang] --Dickens.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Mob \Mob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mobbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Mobbing.]
     To crowd about, as a mob, and attack or annoy; as, to mob a
     house or a person.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  mob
       n 1: a disorderly crowd of people [syn: rabble, rout]
       2: a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized
          criminal activities [syn: syndicate, crime syndicate,
          family]
       3: an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the
          gang"; "a pack of thieves" [syn: gang, pack, ring]
       v : press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the
           auditorium" [syn: throng, pack, pile, jam]
       [also: mobbing, mobbed]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  mob
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 όχλος, μάζα
     2 '''the mob''', '''the Mafia''': μαφία, εγκληματική οργάνωση
     3 (Αυστραλία) κοπάδι ζώο
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 στριμώχνω, στριμώχνομαι
     2 μου την πέφτει πλήθος, την πέφτουμε σε κάποιον ή κάποιους, έρχονται
  πολλοί καταπάνω ή απλά υπάρχουν πολλοί καθώς περνώ

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  -mob
     Kriol suf.
     (non-gloss definition: Used to indicate a group, or as a plural
  marker)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  mob
     French n.
     (lb fr colloquial) scooter, moped
     n.
     1 (senseid en mass of people) A large or disorderly group of people;
  especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.
     2 (senseid en rabble) (lb en archaic) The lower classes of a
  community; the rabble.
     3 (senseid en group of animals) (lb en collective noun) A group of
  animals such as horses or cattle.
     4 (senseid en group of kangaroos) (lb en collective noun) A group of
  kangaroos.
     5 (senseid en flock of emus) (lb en collective noun) A flock of emus.
     6 (senseid en mafia) A mafia: a group that engages in organized
  crime.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To crowd around (someone), sometimes with
  hostility.
     2 (lb en transitive) To crowd into or around a place.
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) A promiscuous woman; a harlot or wench; a
  prostitute.  17th 18th c.)
     2 A mob cap.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.
     n.
     (abbr of en mobile phone)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Mob
     n.
     1 (senseid en Mafia) The (l en Mafia): any particular mafia,
  mentioned uniquely within the discussion's established or implicit
  context, usually and especially the Sicilian–Italian–Italian-American
  one (especially in American English) but occasionally others (e.g., the
  Russian one, the Japanese one).
     2 (senseid en masses) The masses#Noun, especially the 'great unwashed
  masses': the (l en general population), or (yet more specifically) (l en
  mob id=rabble the rabble thereof), viewed as one (l en mob id=mass of
  people) of unruly, disorganized people (l en predisposed) to (l en
  violence) and (l en malevolence).

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  MOB
     a.
     1 (lb en dentistry) (initialism of en mesio occlusal buccal)
     2 (init of en missing on blog dot=,) the act of abandoning ones blog
  (or weblog) for an extended period of time
     interj.
     (lb en nautical) (initialism of en man overboard dot=,) used e.g. on
  the emergency button of a satellite navigator. By pushing the button the
  operator stores the coordinates of a man overboard incident for easy
  access.
     n.
     (init of en mother of the bride)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  mob
     n.
     1 (senseid en mass of people) A large or disorderly group of people;
  especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.
     2 (senseid en rabble) (lb en archaic) The lower classes of a
  community; the rabble.
     3 (senseid en group of animals) (lb en collective noun) A group of
  animals such as horses or cattle.
     4 (senseid en group of kangaroos) (lb en collective noun) A group of
  kangaroos.
     5 (senseid en flock of emus) (lb en collective noun) A flock of emus.
     6 (senseid en mafia) A mafia: a group that engages in organized
  crime.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To crowd around (someone), sometimes with
  hostility.
     2 (lb en transitive) To crowd into or around a place.
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) A promiscuous woman; a harlot or wench; a
  prostitute.  17th 18th c.)
     2 A mob cap.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.
     n.
     (abbr of en mobile phone)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Mob
     n.
     1 (senseid en Mafia) The (l en Mafia): any particular mafia,
  mentioned uniquely within the discussion's established or implicit
  context, usually and especially the Sicilian–Italian–Italian-American
  one (especially in American English) but occasionally others (e.g., the
  Russian one, the Japanese one).
     2 (senseid en masses) The masses#Noun, especially the 'great unwashed
  masses': the (l en general population), or (yet more specifically) (l en
  mob id=rabble the rabble thereof), viewed as one (l en mob id=mass of
  people) of unruly, disorganized people (l en predisposed) to (l en
  violence) and (l en malevolence).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  MOB
     a.
     1 (lb en dentistry) (initialism of en mesio occlusal buccal)
     2 (init of en missing on blog dot=,) the act of abandoning ones blog
  (or weblog) for an extended period of time
     interj.
     (lb en nautical) (initialism of en man overboard dot=,) used e.g. on
  the emergency button of a satellite navigator. By pushing the button the
  operator stores the coordinates of a man overboard incident for easy
  access.
     n.
     (init of en mother of the bride)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  mob
     French n.
     (lb fr colloquial) scooter, moped
     n.
     1 (senseid en mass of people) A large or disorderly group of people;
  especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.
     2 (senseid en rabble) (lb en archaic) The lower classes of a
  community; the rabble.
     3 (senseid en group of animals) (lb en collective noun) A group of
  animals such as horses or cattle.
     4 (senseid en group of kangaroos) (lb en collective noun) A group of
  kangaroos.
     5 (senseid en flock of emus) (lb en collective noun) A flock of emus.
     6 (senseid en mafia) A mafia: a group that engages in organized
  crime.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To crowd around (someone), sometimes with
  hostility.
     2 (lb en transitive) To crowd into or around a place.
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) A promiscuous woman; a harlot or wench; a
  prostitute.  17th 18th c.)
     2 A mob cap.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.
     n.
     (abbr of en mobile phone)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Mob
     n.
     1 (senseid en Mafia) The (l en Mafia): any particular mafia,
  mentioned uniquely within the discussion's established or implicit
  context, usually and especially the Sicilian–Italian–Italian-American
  one (especially in American English) but occasionally others (e.g., the
  Russian one, the Japanese one).
     2 (senseid en masses) The masses#Noun, especially the 'great unwashed
  masses': the (l en general population), or (yet more specifically) (l en
  mob id=rabble the rabble thereof), viewed as one (l en mob id=mass of
  people) of unruly, disorganized people (l en predisposed) to (l en
  violence) and (l en malevolence).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  MOB
     a.
     1 (lb en dentistry) (initialism of en mesio occlusal buccal)
     2 (init of en missing on blog dot=,) the act of abandoning ones blog
  (or weblog) for an extended period of time
     interj.
     (lb en nautical) (initialism of en man overboard dot=,) used e.g. on
  the emergency button of a satellite navigator. By pushing the button the
  operator stores the coordinates of a man overboard incident for easy
  access.
     n.
     (init of en mother of the bride)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  mob
     French n.
     (lb fr colloquial) scooter, moped
     n.
     1 (senseid en mass of people) A large or disorderly group of people;
  especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.
     2 (senseid en rabble) (lb en archaic) The lower classes of a
  community; the rabble.
     3 (senseid en group of animals) (lb en collective noun) A group of
  animals such as horses or cattle.
     4 (senseid en group of kangaroos) (lb en collective noun) A group of
  kangaroos.
     5 (senseid en flock of emus) (lb en collective noun) A flock of emus.
     6 (senseid en mafia) A mafia: a group that engages in organized
  crime.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To crowd around (someone), sometimes with
  hostility.
     2 (lb en transitive) To crowd into or around a place.
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) A promiscuous woman; a harlot or wench; a
  prostitute.  17th 18th c.)
     2 A mob cap.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.
     n.
     (abbr of en mobile phone)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Mob
     n.
     1 (senseid en Mafia) The (l en Mafia): any particular mafia,
  mentioned uniquely within the discussion's established or implicit
  context, usually and especially the Sicilian–Italian–Italian-American
  one (especially in American English) but occasionally others (e.g., the
  Russian one, the Japanese one).
     2 (senseid en masses) The masses#Noun, especially the 'great unwashed
  masses': the (l en general population), or (yet more specifically) (l en
  mob id=rabble the rabble thereof), viewed as one (l en mob id=mass of
  people) of unruly, disorganized people (l en predisposed) to (l en
  violence) and (l en malevolence).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  MOB
     a.
     1 (lb en dentistry) (initialism of en mesio occlusal buccal)
     2 (init of en missing on blog dot=,) the act of abandoning ones blog
  (or weblog) for an extended period of time
     interj.
     (lb en nautical) (initialism of en man overboard dot=,) used e.g. on
  the emergency button of a satellite navigator. By pushing the button the
  operator stores the coordinates of a man overboard incident for easy
  access.
     n.
     (init of en mother of the bride)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  mob
     Englanti n.
     1 joukko, köyhälistö, väkijoukko, ihmisjoukko, kansanjoukko
     2 mafia
     3 hirviö (MMORPG-roolipeleissä)
     Englanti vb.
     1 piirittää (väkijoukolla)
     2 tungeksia

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  mob
     Engelska n.
     1 folkmassa, folksamling, folkskara
     2 pack, slödder, pöbel, ofint folk
     3 (tagg: text=vanligen i bestämd form) gangsterliga, maffia
     Engelska vb.
     omringa, överfalla, attackera, hoppa på (av en folkmassa)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Mob
     Tyska n.
     mobb

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  Mob /mˈoːp/ 
  mob 
     Synonym: Pöbel
  
   see: dumpfer Pöbel, blökende Masse
  

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  Mob /mˈoːp/ 
  ragtag 

From Deutsch-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-fra ]

  Mob /mɔp/ 
  plèbe
  aufgewiegelte, aufrührerische Volksmenge

From Deutsch-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-swe ]

  Mob /mɔp/ 
  1. mobb
  aufgewiegelte, aufrührerische Volksmenge
  2. liga
  kriminelle Bande

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Mob /mˈɒb/
  الغوغاء

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  mob //mɑb// //mɒb// 
  1. простолюдие
  the lower classes of a community
  2. тълпа
  unruly group of people

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  mob //mɑb// //mɒb// 
  1. обкръжавам
  to crowd around a person
  2. тълпя се
  to crowd into or around something

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  mob /mˈɒb/ 
  dav

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  mob /mˈɒb/
  Bande , Rotte , Zusammenrottung 
     Synonyms: rout, gang
  
   see: routs, gangs, mobs
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  mob /mˈɒb/
  Haufen 
        "an undisciplined mob"  - ein undisziplinierter Haufen

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  mob /mˈɒb/
  Horde , Schar 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  mob /mˈɒb/
  Meute 
     Synonym: pack
  
   see: ride to the hounds
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  mob /mˈɒb/
  Pöbel , Mob 
   see: sheeple
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  mob /mˈɒb/
  
  συμμορία, όχλος

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  mob //mɑb// //mɒb// 
  1. lauma
  group of animals
  2. lauma, väkijoukko
  unruly group of people

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  mob //mɑb// //mɒb// 
  1. piirittää
  to crowd around a person
  2. tungeksia, tunkea
  to crowd into or around something

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  mob /mˈɒb/ 
  1. भीड़
        "The police found it difficult to control the mob."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  mob /mˈɒb/
  gomila ljudi, lopovska družina, nagrnuti, rulja, skup, svjetina, zaglušivati

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  mob /mˈɒb/
  1. fôkötô
  2. népség
  3. ménes
  4. sokadalom
  5. prostituált
  6. csorda
  7. nyáj
  8. gulya
  9. tömeg
  10. sokaság
  11. pongyola
  12. kéjnô
  13. csôcselék
  14. csomó

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  mob //mɑb// //mɒb// 
  1. 群れ
  group of animals
  2. 暴徒
  unruly group of people

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  mob /mɒb/
  I.    tłum, tłuszcza
  II.    otaczać tłumem, otaczać

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  mob //mɑb// //mɒb// 
  mobb
  unruly group of people

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  mob /mˈɒb/
  1. (-bed, -bing) insan kalabalığı, izdiham
  2. ayaktakımı, avam
  3. (k. dili) gangsterler çetesi:  güruh halinde saldırmak, kitle halinde hücum etmek
  4. merakla etrafını sarmak
  5. yığılmak. mob law halk tarafından yürütülen kanun, linç kanunu.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈmɑb/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  180 Moby Thesaurus words for "mob":
     Black Hand, Bund, Cosa Nostra, Rochdale cooperative, a mass of,
     a world of, age group, alliance, army, assemblage, association,
     axis, band, battalion, bevy, bloc, body, brigade, bunch, cabal,
     cadre, camarilla, camp, canaille, carpet, cast, cell,
     charmed circle, chew out, circle, clan, clique, closed circle,
     cloud, cluster, clutter, coalition, cohort, cohue, college,
     combination, combine, common market, company, complement,
     confederacy, confederation, consumer cooperative, contingent,
     cooperative, cooperative society, corps, coterie, council, covey,
     credit union, crew, crowd, crush, customs union, deluge,
     detachment, detail, division, dregs, economic community, elite,
     elite group, faction, federation, fleet, flight, flock, flocks,
     flood, free trade area, galaxy, gang, gangdom, gangland, group,
     grouping, groupment, hail, heap, herd, hive, horde, host,
     ignobile vulgus, in-group, ingroup, inner circle, jam, junta,
     junto, large amount, lash, league, legion, lots, machine, many,
     many-headed multitude, mass, masses, masses of, mobile vulgus,
     movement, muchness, multitude, nest, numbers, organized crime,
     out-group, outfit, pack, panoply, partnership, party, peer group,
     phalanx, platoon, plurality, political machine, posse, press,
     proletariat, push, quantities, quite a few, rabble,
     ragtag and bobtail, rail, rate, regiment, riffraff, ring, rout,
     row, ruck, salon, scores, scum, set, shoal, society, spate, squad,
     stable, string, swarm, team, the Mafia, the common herd, the crowd,
     the great unnumbered, the great unwashed, the herd, the hoi polloi,
     the horde, the majority, the many, the masses, the mob,
     the multitude, the rackets, the syndicate, the underworld, throng,
     tidy sum, trash, tribe, troop, troupe, union, unwashed, we-group,
     wing, worlds of
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 暴民,民众,暴徒;
  v. 大举包围,乱挤,围攻;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 暴民,民众,暴徒
     vt. 大举包围,乱挤,围攻
     vi. 聚众生事

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