disorderly+crowd
11mob — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rabble, riffraff; hoi polloi; common herd, canaille; crowd, populace.See assemblage. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A disorderly crowd of people] Syn. swarm, rabble, throng, press, multitude, horde, rout,… …
12mob — I. noun Etymology: Latin mobile vulgus vacillating crowd Date: 1688 1. a large or disorderly crowd; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action 2. the lower classes of a community ; masses, rabble 3. chiefly Australian a flock, drove, or …
13rout — rout1 /rowt/, n. 1. a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder: to put an army to rout; to put reason to rout. 2. any overwhelming defeat: a rout of the home team by the state champions. 3. a… …
14rout — I [[t]raʊt[/t]] n. 1) a defeat attended with disorderly flight: to put an army to rout[/ex] 2) cvb any overwhelming defeat 3) a tumultuous or disorderly crowd of persons 4) law Law. a disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons… …
15rout — I. /raʊt / (say rowt) noun 1. a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder: to put an army to rout. 2. a defeated and dispersing army. 3. a tumultuous or disorderly crowd of persons. 4. a clamour or …
16rout — rout1 [rout] n. [ME route < OFr, troop, band, lit., part broken off < L rupta: see ROUTE] 1. a disorderly crowd; noisy mob; rabble 2. a disorderly flight or retreat, as of defeated troops [to be put to rout] 3. an overwhelming defeat 4.… …
17mob — ► NOUN 1) a disorderly crowd of people. 2) Brit. informal a group of people. 3) (the Mob) N. Amer. the Mafia. 4) (the mob) informal, derogatory the ordinary people. 5) Austral./NZ a flock or herd of animals …
18mob — n. & v. n. 1 a disorderly crowd; a rabble. 2 (prec. by the) usu. derog. the populace. 3 colloq. a gang; an associated group of persons. 4 Austral. a flock or herd. v.tr. & intr. (mobbed, mobbing) 1 tr. a crowd round in order to attack or admire.… …
19scrum — noun Etymology: short for scrummage, alteration of scrimmage Date: 1857 1. a. (or scrummage) a rugby play in which the forwards of each side come together in a tight formation and struggle to gain possession of the ball using their feet when it… …
20rout — rout1 [raʊt] noun 1》 a disorderly retreat of defeated troops. ↘a decisive defeat. 2》 Law, dated an assembly of people who have made a move towards committing an illegal act which would constitute an offence of riot. 3》 archaic a disorderly… …
