mob
US: /ˈmɑb/
UK: /mˈɒb/
UK: /mˈɒb/
English Vietnamese dictionary
mob /mɔb/
- danh từ
- đám đông
- dân chúng, quần chúng, thường dân
- mob psychology: tâm lý quần chúng
- mob law: pháp lý quần chúng
- đám đông hỗn tạp
- bọn du thủ du thực
- động từ
- tấn công, phá phách, kéo ồ vào (đám đông người, quần chúng)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 [C, sing.+sing./pl. v.] a large crowd of people, especially one that may become violent or cause trouble: an angry / unruly mob + The mob was / were preparing to storm the building. + an excited mob of fans + mob rule (= a situation in which a mob has control, rather than people in authority)
See also -
2 [C, usually sing.] (informal) a group of people who are similar in some way
Synonym: GANG
All the usual mob were there.
3 (the Mob) [sing.] (informal) the people involved in organized crime; the MAFIA
Idioms see HEAVY adj.
+ verb (-bb-) [VN] [usually passive]
1 if a crowd of birds or animals mob another bird or animal, they gather round it and attack it
2 if a person is mobbed by a crowd of people, the crowd gathers round them in order to see them and try and get their attention
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 horde, host, press, throng, crowd, pack, herd, swarm, crush, jam, multitude, mass, body, assemblage, collection, group:
The mob surged forward, hurling sticks and stones at anyone in uniform
2 rabble, riff-raff, proletariat, populace, the masses, great unwashed, hoi polloi, canaille, bourgeoisie, lower classes, scum (of the earth), dregs of society:
The mob cheered when the king was beheaded.
v.
3 crowd (round or around), jostle, throng, surround, beset, clamour over, swoop down on or upon:
Thousands of screaming teenagers mobbed the singer.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
angry, hostile, unruly | lynch
VERB + MOB
break up, disperse
MOB + VERB
attack sb/sth, set upon sb, surround sb/sth | chant (sth), shout (sth)
a mob of chanting fans
MOB + NOUN
rule
the lawless days of mob rule and anarchy
| violence
Concise English dictionary
mobbed|mobbing|mobsmɑb /mɒb
noun
+a disorderly crowd of people
+a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
+an association of criminals
verb
+press tightly together or cram
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