|
|
| |
Definitions for: Mob
[n] a disorderly crowd of people
[n] an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves"
[n] a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
[adj] characteristic of a mob; disorderly or lawless; "mob rule"; "fanned mounting tension into mobbish terrorizing"; "moblike mentality"
[v] press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium"
Webster (1913) Definition: Mob, n. [See Mobcap.]
A mobcap. --Goldsmith.
Mob, v. t.
To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl. [R.]
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.
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.
Synonyms: disorderly, gang, jam, mobbish, moblike, pack, pack, pile, rabble, ring, rout, syndicate, throng
See Also: association, Cosa Nostra, crowd, crowd, crowd together, gangdom, gangland, gangster, lynch mob, Maffia, Mafia, mobster, nest, organized crime, youth gang
|
|
Try our:
Scrabble Word Finder
Scrabble Cheat
Words With Friends Cheat
Hanging With Friends Cheat
Scramble With Friends Cheat
Ruzzle Cheat
Related Resources:
animlas that start with h
animals starting with e
|
