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mobbed

mobbed is the simple past and past participle of mob.

Meaning of mob

Verb (1)

mob (third-person singular simple present mobs, present participle mobbing, simple past and past participle mobbed)

  1. (transitive) To crowd around (someone), sometimes with hostility.
    • The fans mobbed a well-dressed couple who resembled their idols.
  2. (transitive) To crowd into or around a place.
    • The shoppers mobbed the store on the first day of the sale.

Verb (2)

mob (third-person singular simple present mobs, present participle mobbing, simple past and past participle mobbed)

  1. (transitive) To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.

See all 17 meanings of mob

Adjective

mobbed (comparative more mobbed, superlative most mobbed)

  1. Crowded.
    • The London train's fuckin mobbed. This really gits ma fuckin goat, this. Ah mean, ye pey aw that fuckin dough fir a ticket, they British Rail cunts urnae fuckin shy, n then thir's nae fuckin seats!1993, Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, Times Film School, page 48

Forms of mobbed

comparativemore mobbed
superlativemost mobbed

Words formed from mobbed

Phrases with mobbed

Questions about mobbed

What does mobbed mean?
Mobbed means crowded.
What is mobbed the simple past and past participle of?
Mobbed is the simple past and past participle of mob.
What part of speech is mobbed?
Mobbed is an adjective.

Words near mobbed in the dictionary

  1. mobad
  2. mobads
  3. MOBAs
  4. MoBay
  5. Mobaye
  6. mobbed
  7. mobbed up
  8. mobbed-up
  9. mobber
  10. Mobberley
  11. mobbers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mobbed (page history and authors); mob (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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