OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 20642

mob

/mɒb/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
caterva • germanía • marabunta • maremágnum • patulea • picanterío • poblada • populacho • tropel • trulla • turba
A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.
Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.
See also: Mob (the masses)
bahorrina • chusma • gentuza • gleba
The lower classes of a community; the rabble.
A cluster of mob, who were making themselves merry with their betters.
ganado • rebaño
A group of animals such as horses or cattle.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 20643

mob

/mɒb/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
amontonarse alrededor de • rodear
To crowd around (someone), sometimes with hostility.
Politicians have been turning up to Glastonbury for years, but this year the leader of the opposition was among the most hotly anticipated attractions: when he arrived on site, his…
The fans mobbed a well-dressed couple who resembled their idols.
Phrases