n. & v.
--n.
1. a disorderly crowd; a rabble.
2 (prec. by the) usu. derog. the populace.
3 colloq. a gang; an associated group of persons.
4 Austral. a flock or herd.
--v.tr. & intr. (mobbed, mobbing)
1. tr. a crowd round in order to attack or admire. b (of a mob) attack. c US crowd into (a building).
2 intr. assemble in a mob.
Phrases and idioms:
mob law (or rule) law or rule imposed and enforced by a mob.
Derivatives:
mobber n. & adj.
Etymology: abbr. of mobile, short for L mobile vulgus excitable crowd: see MOBILE