What does MOB mean?

Definitions for MOB
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. mob, rabble, routnoun

    a disorderly crowd of people

  2. syndicate, crime syndicate, mob, familynoun

    a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

  3. gang, pack, ring, mobverb

    an association of criminals

    "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves"

  4. throng, mob, pack, pile, jamverb

    press tightly together or cram

    "The crowd packed the auditorium"

GCIDE

  1. Mobnoun

    A criminal organization or organized criminal gangs, collectively; the Mafia; the syndicate; as, he was a lawyer for the mob.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Mobnoun

    The croud; a tumultuous rout.

    Etymology: contracted from mobile, Latin.

    Parts of different species jumbled together, according to the mad imagination of the dawber; a very monster in a Bartholomew-fair, for the mob to gape at. Dryden.

    Dreams are but interludes, which fancy makes,
    When monarch reason sleeps, this mimick wakes;
    Compounds a medley of disjointed things,
    A court of coblers, and a mob of kings. Dryden.

    A cluster of mob were making themselves merry with their betters. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 44.

  2. Mobnoun

    A kind of female head-dress.

  3. To Mobverb

    To harrass, or overbear by tumult.

    Etymology: from the noun.

ChatGPT

  1. MOB

    MOB can have multiple meanings depending on the context, but commonly, MOB is an abbreviation used for the following: 1. Mobile: Refers to something that is capable of movement or is specifically designed for use while moving, like a mobile phone or mobile devices. 2. Member of the Opposite Sex: Used to refer to a person belonging to the opposite gender in the context of dating or relationships. 3. Mother of the Bride: A term used to describe the mother of a bride on her wedding day. 4. Mall of America: A well-known shopping mall located in Bloomington, Minnesota, United States. 5. Motor-Owned Brand: Used to describe a subsidiary or brand owned by a larger automotive manufacturer. It is important to understand the specific context in which "MOB" is being used to determine its exact meaning.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Mobnoun

    a mobcap

  2. Mobverb

    to wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl

  3. Mobnoun

    the lower classes of a community; the populace, or the lowest part of it

  4. Mobnoun

    a throng; a rabble; esp., an unlawful or riotous assembly; a disorderly crowd

  5. Mobverb

    to crowd about, as a mob, and attack or annoy; as, to mob a house or a person

  6. Etymology: [See Mobcap.]

Wikidata

  1. Mob

    A mob, mobile or monster is a computer-controlled non-player character in a computer game such as an MMORPG or MUD. Depending on context, all such characters in a game may be considered "mobs", or usage may be limited to hostile NPCs and/or NPCs vulnerable to attack.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Mob

    mob, n. the mobile or fickle common people: the vulgar: the rabble: a disorderly crowd, a riotous assembly: a large herd or flock.—v.t. to attack in a disorderly crowd:—pr.p. mob′bing; pa.p. mobbed.—adj. Mob′bish.—ns. Mob′-law, lynch-law; Moboc′racy, rule or ascendency exercised by the mob; Mob′ocrat, a demagogue.—adj. Mobocrat′ic.—n. Mobs′man, a well-dressed thief or swindler—usually Swell-mobsman. [Contr. for L. mobile (vulgus), the fickle (multitude); movēre to move.]

  2. Mob

    mob, or Mob′-cap, n. a cap with puffy crown, a broad band, and frills—v.t. to cover, as the face, by a cap or hood. [Old Dut. mop; mod. Dut. mopmuts, a woman's nightcap; cf. Scotch Mutch.]

Rap Dictionary

  1. mobnoun

    mafia, crimefamily's. "and you borrowed money from the mob" -- kurtis blow (the breaks)

  2. mobnoun

    Crowd

  3. mobnoun

    Money Over Bitches

  4. mobnoun

    Member of bloods

  5. mobnoun

    To walk real fast

  6. mobnoun

    To fight or jump some one

  7. mobnoun

    Good as though in "yo that jacket is mob"

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Etymology and Origins

  1. Mob

    From the Latin mobile vulgus, “the vulgar crowd.”

Anagrams for MOB »

  1. OMB

  2. bom

  3. BoM

  4. BOM

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of MOB in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of MOB in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of MOB in a Sentence

  1. Hendrik Meijer:

    For three hours after the Capitol was attacked, when Hendrik Meijer, the House GOP chamber and several hundred of my colleagues were having to flee from a mob, when the vice president, his wife, his daughter were running from crowds screaming' hang Mike Pence,' when the next two individuals in the presidential line of succession were unsecured and had to be taken to secure locations, for three hours the President did nothing, i think that was a shameful dereliction of duty.

  2. Eugene Fidell:

    This is the lowest kind of demagoguery. Mr. Trump's comments are contemptible and un-American. They are a call for mob justice.

  3. Paul Smith:

    All of a sudden, one particular flight got canceled, and a mob ensued up here at the front counter, in front of everyone else who had been waiting in line.

  4. P. J. O'Rourke:

    There’s a whiff of the lynch mob or the lemming migration about any over-large concentration of like-minded individuals, no matter how virtuous their cause.

  5. Dean Cain:

    I am one of thousands or maybe hundreds of thousands of people that have been victims, on some level, of an online flash mob.

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