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mob
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: m?b, IPA(key): /m?b/
- (General American) enPR: m?b, IPA(key): /m?b/
- Rhymes: -?b
Etymology 1
From Middle English mob, short for mobile, from Latin m?bile (vulgus) (“fickle (crowd)”). The video-gaming sense originates from English mobile, used by Richard Bartle for objects capable of movement in an early MUD.
Noun
mob (plural mobs)
- A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.
- February 13, 1788, James Madison, Jr., Federalist No. 55
- Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.
- February 13, 1788, James Madison, Jr., Federalist No. 55
- (collective noun) A group of animals such as horses or cattle.
- A flock of emus.
- The Mafia, or a similar group that engages in organized crime (preceded by the).
- The Bat—they called him the Bat. […]. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
- 1986, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: Under the Desert Stars, Dark Horse Books
- What if it is a mob killing? They can’t hurt me, but …
- (video games) A non-player character, especially one that exists to be fought or killed to further the progression of the story or game.
- 2002, "Wolfie", Re: Whoa - massive changes due in next patch (on newsgroup alt.games.everquest)
- You can't win with small, balanced groups. You have to zerg the mob with a high number of players.
- 2002, "Wolfie", Re: Whoa - massive changes due in next patch (on newsgroup alt.games.everquest)
- (archaic) The lower classes of a community; the rabble.
- (Australian Aboriginal) A group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or wider community group, from a particular place or country.
- 2011 March 10, Allan Clarke, W.A. through Noongar eyes
- There’s nothing like local knowledge and after thousands of years living here the Noongar mob understand this land better than anyone, so it makes sense for them to tap into the lucrative tourism industry.
- 2011 March 10, Allan Clarke, W.A. through Noongar eyes
Synonyms
- (mafia): mafia, Mafia
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
mob (third-person singular simple present mobs, present participle mobbing, simple past and past participle mobbed)
- (transitive) To crowd around (someone), sometimes with hostility.
- The fans mobbed a well-dressed couple who resembled their idols.
- (transitive) To crowd into or around a place.
- The shoppers mobbed the store on the first day of the sale.
Translations
Etymology 2
Alteration of mab.
Noun
mob (plural mobs)
- (obsolete) A promiscuous woman; a harlot or wench; a prostitute. [17th-18th c.]
- A mob cap.
- c. 1773-1774, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs Bunbury
- cover their faces with mobs
- c. 1773-1774, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs Bunbury
Derived terms
- mob cap
Verb
mob (third-person singular simple present mobs, present participle mobbing, simple past and past participle mobbed)
- (transitive) To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.
Etymology 3
Abbreviation of mobile phone.
Noun
mob (plural mobs)
- mobile phone
Usage notes
- This is most often used in signwriting to match with the other three-letter abbreviations tel (“telephone”) and fax (“facsimile”).
Further reading
- Mob in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
References
Anagrams
- BMO, BOM, BoM, MBO, OMB
Danish
Verb
mob
- imperative of mobbe
French
Etymology
Abbreviated form of mobylette.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?b/
Noun
mob f (plural mobs)
- (colloquial) scooter, moped
Further reading
- “mob” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mob/
Noun
mob (nominative plural mobs)
- suggestion
Declension
Derived terms
- mobön
White Hmong
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??/
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *?mun (“illness, pain”). Cognate with Iu Mien mun.
Verb
mob
- to be ill/sick; to hurt; to be unwell
References
- Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)
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mog
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
Clipping of moggy.
Noun
mog (plural mogs)
- (Britain, depreciative or derogatory) Synonym of moggy: a domestic cat, especially a non-pedigree or unremarkable one.
- Get that mog out of here!
Etymology 2
Unknown
Verb
mog (third-person singular simple present mogs, present participle mogging, simple past and past participle mogged)
- (Britain, US, dialect) To move away; to go off.
Etymology 3
Adaptation of AMOG.
Verb
mog (third-person singular simple present mogs, present participle mogging, simple past and past participle mogged)
- (transitive, seduction community, incel slang) To assert one's dominance over.
- His face mogs mine to hell and back.
Related terms
- stylemog
Anagrams
- GMO, O. M. G., O.M.G., OMG, gom, omg
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??/
Verb
mog
- (archaic) preterite of mag; was allowed to
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mog
Contraction
mog
- contraction of mo ug
Serbo-Croatian
Pronoun
m?g (Cyrillic spelling ????) m and n
- inflection of m?j:
- genitive masculine/neuter
- accusative masculine
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English morgue.
Noun
mog
- morgue
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