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Added 7 October 2026

mob

/mɒb/ symbol

In Latin: popellus, turba Wiktionary

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Former ISO 639-3 language code for Moinba.

noun

A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.
See also: Mob
The lower classes of a community; the rabble.
A group of animals of any kind.

verb

To crowd around (someone), sometimes with hostility.
The fans mobbed a well-dressed couple who resembled their idols.
To crowd into or around a place.
The shoppers mobbed the store on the first day of the sale.

noun

A promiscuous woman; a harlot or wench; a prostitute. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
A mob cap.

Origin

From Middle English mob, short for mobile, from Latin mōbile (vulgus) (“fickle (crowd)”).

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