mob

A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.

Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.

See also: Mob (the masses)

The lower classes of a community; the rabble.

A cluster of mob, who were making themselves merry with their betters.

A group of animals such as horses or cattle.

Well behind the fire were the pack-saddles and a dark mob of feeding horses[.]

(collective) A group of kangaroos.

(collective) A group of emus.

To crowd around (someone), sometimes with hostility.

The fans mobbed a well-dressed couple who resembled their idols.

Politicians have been turning up to Glastonbury for years, but this year the leader of the opposition was among the most hotly anticipated attractions: when he arrived on site, his Land Rover was mobbed by fans.

To crowd into or around a place.

The shoppers mobbed the store on the first day of the sale.

A promiscuous woman; a harlot or wench; a prostitute.

A mob cap.

c. 1773-1774, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs Bunbury cover their faces with mobs