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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Leslie Camhi, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2024
Trump held his January 6, 2021, rally at the Ellipse on the same day a mob of his supporters rioted at the U.S. Capitol while Congress was certifying the 2020 election in which Trump lost to President Joe Biden.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2024
And after being mobbed by his teammates and serenaded by more than 50,000 fans, Freeman immediately went to find his dad in the crowd.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Now the man whose rhetoric had encouraged that mob—who had spent much of the past four years chipping away at my fellow citizens’ faith in our electoral process—was once again the Republican nominee for president, with a running mate who appears all too willing to join him in his war on truth.
—Leslie Camhi, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2024
Trump held his January 6, 2021, rally at the Ellipse on the same day a mob of his supporters rioted at the U.S. Capitol while Congress was certifying the 2020 election in which Trump lost to President Joe Biden.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
Verb
Over the last month, Po put up around 50 paper signs around West Village advertising the contest—and now more than 100 faux Chalamets and their entourages are mobbing Washington Square Park.
—Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2024
And after being mobbed by his teammates and serenaded by more than 50,000 fans, Freeman immediately went to find his dad in the crowd.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Mob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mob. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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