mobbed Definition

mob
noun

1a. A large, disorderly crowd;

Thesaurus: throng, gang, pack, horde, multitude, assemblage, populace, crowd, gathering.


Example: mob rule
2. colloq
Any group or gang.
3. colloq
Ordinary people; the masses.
Thesaurus: plebeians, proletariat, common herd, the great unwashed, masses, hoi polloi, riff-raff.
Form: the mob
4. An organized gang of criminals, especially the Mafia.

Form: the mob
(Austral)
(NZ)
5. A large herd or flock.

verb mobbed, mobbing

1. To attack something or someone as a mob.

Thesaurus: attack, descend on, besiege, overrun, overwhelm, storm.
2. To crowd round someone or something, especially curiously or admiringly.
intr
3. To form into a mob.
(especially N Amer)
4. To crowd into (a building, shop, etc).

Derivative: mobbed
adj

colloq
Densely crowded; packed with people.

Etymology: 17c: shortening of Latin mobile vulgus fickle masses.