■ noun
1》 a disorderly or violent crowd.
↘ Brit. informal an associated group of people.
↘( the ~ ) the ordinary people.
2》 ( the Mob ) N. Amer. the Mafia.
3》 Austral./NZ a flock or herd of animals.
■ verb ( ~s , ~bing , ~bed ) crowd round in an unruly and excitable way.
↘crowd into.
Derivatives
~ber noun
Origin
C17: abbrev. of archaic ~ile , short for L. ~ile vulgus 'excitable crowd'.