1
: a large and disorderly crowd of people
especially
: one bent on riotous or destructive action
2
informal
: a large number of people
a mob of shoppers clogged the aisles
a team greeted by mobs of fans
3
: a criminal set : gang
4
old-fashioned
: the common people : masses
5
chiefly Australia
: a flock, drove, or herd of animals
mobbed; mobbing
1
: to crowd about and attack or annoy
mobbed by autograph hunters
a crow mobbed by songbirds
2
: to crowd into or around
customers mob the stores on sale days
Examples of mob in a Sentence
Noun
The angry mob smashed store windows and attacked people on the streets.
The police had to be called in to handle the growing mob.
He was jailed for his dealings with the Mob.
Verb
The actor's fans mobbed him wherever he went.
Shoppers mobbed the stores during the holidays.
Recent Examples on the Web
Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 23 June 2025
The driver was arrested for alleged vehicular assault as a mob formed and continued to slash more tires.
—Christina Shaw, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2025
Eric Olson, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2025
Local moviegoers mobbed the two metro theaters that had won exclusive rights to screen that summer’s hottest blockbuster: the Gopher Theater in Minneapolis and — somehow — the tiny Cine Capri in downtown White Bear Lake.
—Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 20 June 2025
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Noun
He’s been trying really from the beginning to bring the 10 Black mob families together.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 23 June 2025
The driver was arrested for alleged vehicular assault as a mob formed and continued to slash more tires.
—Christina Shaw, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2025
Verb
Anderson and catcher Luis Hernandez embraced, then their teammates mobbed them behind the mound to celebrate the first complete-game shutout in the CWS since 2022.
—Eric Olson, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2025
Local moviegoers mobbed the two metro theaters that had won exclusive rights to screen that summer’s hottest blockbuster: the Gopher Theater in Minneapolis and — somehow — the tiny Cine Capri in downtown White Bear Lake.
—Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 20 June 2025
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“Mob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mob. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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