mob

noun15

1. •
   a big, angry group of people, out of control and ready to fight or break things

   • Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob. — 1788
2. •
   The 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).
3. •
   A mafia: a group that engages in organized crime.

   • What if it is a mob killing? They can’t hurt me, but … — 1986
4. •
   A creature or non-player character, especially one meant to be fought or killed.

   • Instead of fighting the mobs myself someone led me around to "help" me level; […] — 1999
5. •
   A background character in general.
6. •
   The masses, especially the 'great unwashed masses': the general population, or rabble, viewed as one mob of unruly, disorganized people predisposed to violence and malevolence.

   • tempted to ascribe Poe's narrators' mentions of the Mob to misanthropy in the author himself
7. •
   A group of animals of any kind.

   • Well behind the fire were the pack-saddles and a dark mob of feeding horses[.] — 1937
8. •
   A group of kangaroos.

   • The leader of a mob of kangaroos is the strongest and usually the largest male in the group. — 2004
9. •
   A group of any marsupial.

   • There must be a whole mob of wombats living in here! — 2024
10. •
    A group of emus.

    • Without a second's delay another great rushing comes nearer. "By Jove! a mob of emus," says the old hunter. — 1886
11. •
    Abbreviation of mobile phone.
12. •
    A group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or wider community group, from a particular place or country.
13. •
    A mob cap.

    • cover their faces with mobs — 1773
14. •
    (no longer used) The lower classes of a community; the rabble.

    • A cluster of mob, who were making themselves merry with their betters. — 1715
15. •
    (disapproving, no longer used) A promiscuous woman; a harlot or wench; a prostitute.

verb3

1. •
   To crowd around (someone), sometimes with hostility.

   • The fans mobbed a well-dressed couple who resembled their idols.
2. •
   To crowd into or around a place.

   • The shoppers mobbed the store on the first day of the sale.
3. •
   To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.

adjective2

1. •
   Initialism of missing on blog, the act of abandoning ones blog (or weblog) for an extended period of time.
2. •
   Initialism of mesio occlusal buccal.

exclamation1

1. •
   Initialism of man overboard, 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.

noun1

1. •
   Initialism of mother of the bride.