Past tense of mob
regular verb
The past tense of mob is mobbed. The past participle is also mobbed.
Forms of mob
| Base form (V1) | mob /mɒb/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | mobbed |
| Past participle (V3) | mobbed |
| Present participle | mobbing |
| Third person singular | mobs |
Mobbed in a sentence
- 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.2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian
- The lobby will get mobbed if you don't push people through quickly.From the entry push through
- How many Trumpublicans run big cities up in the mobbed up union states?2018 August 30, <gfre...@aol.com>, “Survey: 1-in-3 Gov Workers Could Leave Union”, in alt.home.repair (Usenet). From the entry Trumpublican
- It becomes a grotto, hubbubbing with more noise than any class on a school visit could make, the air mobbed by breathless chatter about life and the transfer window.2016, Daniel Gray, Saturday, 3pm: 50 Eternal Delights of Modern Football, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry hubbub
Meaning of mob
- noun A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.
- noun The lower classes of a community; the rabble.
- noun A group of animals of any kind.
Questions about the past tense of mob
- What is the past tense of mob?
- The past tense of mob is mobbed.
- What is the past participle of mob?
- The past participle of mob is mobbed.
- Is mob a regular or irregular verb?
- Mob is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mob (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this page: “Past tense of mob.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/past-tense/mob. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
