MOB | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

Meaning of mob – Learner’s Dictionary

mob
noun [ C ]
uk
/mɒb/
us
mob
verb [ T ]
uk
/mɒb/
us
present participle mobbing | past tense and past participle mobbed
If a group of people mob someone, they get close to them and surround them, often to try to see them:
[ often passive ] She was mobbed by photographers.

(Definition of mob from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of mob

in Chinese (Traditional)
暴民,亂民, 一群人,一夥, 幫派,團夥…
in Chinese (Simplified)
暴民,乱民, 一群人,一伙, 帮派,团伙…
in Spanish
multitud, asediar, muchedumbre [feminine…
in Portuguese
turba, multidão, assediar…
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暴徒, 人の周りに群がる, 暴徒(ぼうと)…
taşkın kalabalık, azgın topluluk, güruh…
foule [feminine], cohue, assaillir…
multitud, assetjar…
menigte, omzwermen…
pøbel, puffe…
pöbel, mobb, skocka sig omkring…
kumpulan perusuh, mengerumuni…
der Mob, anpöbeln…
mobb [masculine], flokk, mobb…
натовп, юрба, товпитися…
толпа, окружать толпой…
عِصابة, يَتجمهَر…
dav, obklopit…
orang banyak, mengerumuni…
ฝูงชนที่กำลังสับสนอลหม่าน, รุมล้อม…
đám đông hỗn tạp, tấn công…
tłum, oblegać, motłoch…
폭도, 떼를 지어 공격하다…
ressa, marmaglia, assalire…
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