Mob
noun
A large or disorderly crowd of people, often with an intention of causing trouble.
The mob of protesters became violent.
Often appears as...
- mob violence
- mob rule
verb
To crowd around someone in an excited or aggressive way.
The fans mobbed their favorite singer as he left the hotel.
Often appears as...
- mob someone
- mobbed by fans
noun
A group of people involved in organized crime.
He got involved with the mob and could not escape.
Often appears as...
- mob boss
- mob member
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A flock or herd of animals, especially of sheep.
The sheepdog skillfully herded the mob into the pen.
Often appears as...
- mob of sheep
- mobbing behavior
noun
A large or disorderly crowd of people, often with an intention of causing trouble.
The mob of protesters became violent.
Often appears as...
- mob violence
- mob rule
verb
To crowd around someone in an excited or aggressive way.
The fans mobbed their favorite singer as he left the hotel.
Often appears as...
- mob someone
- mobbed by fans
noun
A group of people involved in organized crime.
He got involved with the mob and could not escape.
Often appears as...
- mob boss
- mob member
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A flock or herd of animals, especially of sheep.
The sheepdog skillfully herded the mob into the pen.
Often appears as...
- mob of sheep
- mobbing behavior
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The term often implies that the crowd is unruly or prone to violence.
The peaceful demonstration turned into an angry mob.
Pro Tip 2/3Large Numbers
Use 'mob' for big groups, not small gatherings of people.
A mob of people filled the city square.
Pro Tip 3/3Disorderly Behavior
The word 'mob' suggests a lack of order or control among the people.
Police struggled to contain the mob's behavior.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The term often implies that the crowd is unruly or prone to violence.
The peaceful demonstration turned into an angry mob.
Pro Tip 2/3Large Numbers
Use 'mob' for big groups, not small gatherings of people.
A mob of people filled the city square.
Pro Tip 3/3Disorderly Behavior
The word 'mob' suggests a lack of order or control among the people.
Police struggled to contain the mob's behavior.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The term often implies that the crowd is unruly or prone to violence.
The peaceful demonstration turned into an angry mob.
Pro Tip 2/3Large Numbers
Use 'mob' for big groups, not small gatherings of people.
A mob of people filled the city square.
Pro Tip 3/3Disorderly Behavior
The word 'mob' suggests a lack of order or control among the people.
Police struggled to contain the mob's behavior.
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History vs. Andrew...
Why, I've heard it said that he would fight at the drop of the hat and then drop the hat himself. I ask you, was such a man fit for the most distinguished office in the nation? Can we forget the debacle of his inauguration? Who ever heard of inviting a drunken mob into the White House?
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How one journalist...
and interviewed people who had lost friends and family to lynch mobs. She risked her life to get this information. As a Black person investigating racially motivated murders, she enraged many of the same southern white men involved in lynchings. Her bravery paid off.
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History vs. Che Guevara...
The people supported this revolutionary justice. Which people? An angry mob crying for blood does not a democracy make. And that's not even mentioning the forced labor camps, arbitrary arrests, and repression of LGBT people that continued long after the revolution.
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Rare Ghost Orchid Has...
bitty mobs they were just kind of hovering in space medium sized mods landing on the flower but no capability to get any nectar as a reward there's one photo where the orchid just bounces out of the frame down and out of the frame up I'm like what in the world is
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How Twitter needs to...
And in the past, it's incented a lot of outrage, it's incented a lot of mob behavior, it's incented a lot of group harassment. And we have to look a lot deeper at some of the fundamentals of what the service is doing to make the bigger shifts.
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The oddities of the...
At that time, many people thought democracy was one step away from mob rule and a decision this important should be left to wiser men. These electors then voted for president. All the states had to do was get their votes in on time.
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Carl Joshua Ncube:...
Zimbabwean stand-up comedian in the world okay thank you thank you I need all the encouragement I can get because comedy has taken me as a mob and comedian to over 37 cities around the world applause again thank you thank you
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The electrifying...
Truth was confident God would protect her, but some crowds responded to her bravery with violence. During one of her sermons, a mob of white men threatened to set fire to the tent where she was speaking.
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Scorpion's Worst...
by natural ists is a meerkat social group from five to thirty members here the mob gathers to observe the deadly puff adder - by the way meerkats are fiercely territorial and will fight to
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Greatest Fights In The...
help protect salmon without the family samu could easily be eaten what happened next will never be known but it's likely the rest of the beaches mobbed or even rammed the shark with
Video examples
History vs. Andrew...
Why, I've heard it said that he would fight at the drop of the hat and then drop the hat himself. I ask you, was such a man fit for the most distinguished office in the nation? Can we forget the debacle of his inauguration? Who ever heard of inviting a drunken mob into the White House?
Video examples
How one journalist...
and interviewed people who had lost friends and family to lynch mobs. She risked her life to get this information. As a Black person investigating racially motivated murders, she enraged many of the same southern white men involved in lynchings. Her bravery paid off.
Video examples
History vs. Che Guevara...
The people supported this revolutionary justice. Which people? An angry mob crying for blood does not a democracy make. And that's not even mentioning the forced labor camps, arbitrary arrests, and repression of LGBT people that continued long after the revolution.
Video examples
Rare Ghost Orchid Has...
bitty mobs they were just kind of hovering in space medium sized mods landing on the flower but no capability to get any nectar as a reward there's one photo where the orchid just bounces out of the frame down and out of the frame up I'm like what in the world is
Video examples
How Twitter needs to...
And in the past, it's incented a lot of outrage, it's incented a lot of mob behavior, it's incented a lot of group harassment. And we have to look a lot deeper at some of the fundamentals of what the service is doing to make the bigger shifts.
Video examples
The oddities of the...
At that time, many people thought democracy was one step away from mob rule and a decision this important should be left to wiser men. These electors then voted for president. All the states had to do was get their votes in on time.
Video examples
Carl Joshua Ncube:...
Zimbabwean stand-up comedian in the world okay thank you thank you I need all the encouragement I can get because comedy has taken me as a mob and comedian to over 37 cities around the world applause again thank you thank you
Video examples
The electrifying...
Truth was confident God would protect her, but some crowds responded to her bravery with violence. During one of her sermons, a mob of white men threatened to set fire to the tent where she was speaking.
Video examples
Scorpion's Worst...
by natural ists is a meerkat social group from five to thirty members here the mob gathers to observe the deadly puff adder - by the way meerkats are fiercely territorial and will fight to
Video examples
Greatest Fights In The...
help protect salmon without the family samu could easily be eaten what happened next will never be known but it's likely the rest of the beaches mobbed or even rammed the shark with
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Jaron Lanier
American Artist
Human beings either function as individuals or as members of a pack. There's a switch inside us, deep in our spirit, that you can turn one way or the other. It's almost always the case that our worst behaviour comes out when we're switched to the mob setting. The problem with a lot of software designs is that they switch us to that setting.
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Martin Garrix
Dutch Musician
I think Dutch people are very sober. I don't know if it's the right word. Like, you have the most famous person walk by some Dutch people, and they're like, 'Oh, hello.' And they maybe take a photo, but most of the time, they'll respect you and leave you alone. And if you go to some other countries they will literally mob you, go crazy.
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Jason Calacanis
American Businessman
While people are quick to praise the wisdom of the crowd, being an old-school journalist, I look at the wisdom of the crowd and know it can quickly turn into a mob mentality.
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Rafael Cruz
Brazilian Athlete
Social justice is a cancer. Social justice means you are ruled by whatever the mob does. What social justice does is destroy individual responsibility.
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Ray Stannard Baker
American Journalist
But steel bars have never yet kept out a mob; it takes something a good deal stronger: human courage backed up by the consciousness of being right.
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Medgar Evers
American Activist
We left the guns hidden in the car and tried walking into the polling place again, and the mob blocked us again. We didn't pursue it.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.
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Raftaar
Indian Musician
I don't mind getting mobbed, to be honest. I live in the real world.
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William Penn
English Leader
Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.
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Diogenes
Greek Philosopher
The mob is the mother of tyrants.
Quote examples
Jaron Lanier
American Artist
Human beings either function as individuals or as members of a pack. There's a switch inside us, deep in our spirit, that you can turn one way or the other. It's almost always the case that our worst behaviour comes out when we're switched to the mob setting. The problem with a lot of software designs is that they switch us to that setting.
Quote examples
Martin Garrix
Dutch Musician
I think Dutch people are very sober. I don't know if it's the right word. Like, you have the most famous person walk by some Dutch people, and they're like, 'Oh, hello.' And they maybe take a photo, but most of the time, they'll respect you and leave you alone. And if you go to some other countries they will literally mob you, go crazy.
Quote examples
Jason Calacanis
American Businessman
While people are quick to praise the wisdom of the crowd, being an old-school journalist, I look at the wisdom of the crowd and know it can quickly turn into a mob mentality.
Quote examples
Rafael Cruz
Brazilian Athlete
Social justice is a cancer. Social justice means you are ruled by whatever the mob does. What social justice does is destroy individual responsibility.
Quote examples
Ray Stannard Baker
American Journalist
But steel bars have never yet kept out a mob; it takes something a good deal stronger: human courage backed up by the consciousness of being right.
Quote examples
Medgar Evers
American Activist
We left the guns hidden in the car and tried walking into the polling place again, and the mob blocked us again. We didn't pursue it.
Quote examples
Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.
Quote examples
Raftaar
Indian Musician
I don't mind getting mobbed, to be honest. I live in the real world.
Quote examples
William Penn
English Leader
Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.
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Diogenes
Greek Philosopher
The mob is the mother of tyrants.
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