mobbing

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noun

The aggressive behaviour of a group of animals on another individual (especially a predator).

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of mob
nounmobbing (countable and uncountable, plural mobbings)

plural mobbings

  1. countableuncountablebiologyThe aggressive behaviour of a group of animals on another individual (especially a predator).
  2. countableuncountableGroup bullying.

    As in the Salem Witch Hunt mobbings, the McMartin Preschool Sexual Abuse Case mobbings also provides^([sic]) an opportunity for analyzing what could have been done, but wasn't, to stop a relentless social process that hurt everyone in its wake[…]

    2012, Maureen P. Duffy, Len Sperry, Mobbing: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions
  3. countableuncountablecomputingMob programming.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
mob programming

Translations

Esperanto ĉikanado
  • ĉikanadogroup bullying
German Mobbing
  • Mobbinggroup bullying
Polish mobbing
  • mobbinggroup bullying
Russian тра́вля, мо́ббинг
  • тра́вля (trávlja)group bullying
  • мо́ббинг (móbbing)group bullying
Spanish mobbing (mobin)
  • mobbing (mobin)group bullying
Swedish mobbning
  • mobbninggroup bullying
Turkish bezdiri
  • bezdirigroup bullying

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

bombing
Cite this entry
APA

mobbing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mobbing

MLA

“mobbing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mobbing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mobbing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mobbing.

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