mobile /mōˈbi-li/ noun

(17c) the mob

mobocˈracy noun (slang)

Rule or ascendancy exercised by the mob

mobˈocrat noun

mobocratˈic adjective

mobsˈman noun

1. A member of a mob
2. A swell-mobsman (qv)

mobˈster noun (US)

Gangster

mob-handˈed adjective

1. In large numbers
2. Constituting a large group

mob law noun

1. Lynch-law
2. The will of the mob

Mobˈspeak noun (informal)

The terminology and style of language used by organized criminals in the USA

the mob or the Mob (US sl)

1. The Mafia
2. Organized crime in general

mobile¹ /mōˈbīl, -bēl or -bil/

1. Movable
2. Able to move about
3. Easily or speedily moved
4. Not fixed
5. Changing rapidly
6. (of a liquid) characterized by great fluidity

1. (with great, principal, etc) translations of primum mobile (obsolete)
2. A moving or movable body or part
3. An artistic structure, orig consisting of dangling forms, now sometimes having a base, in which movement is caused by air currents
4. Short for mobile phone, police, library, etc

Denoting a vehicle specially designed for transporting a specific object or person, as in Popemobile, etc

mobility /mō-bilˈi-ti/ noun

1. Quality or power of being mobile
2. Freedom or ease of movement
3. Description of the drift of ions (including electrons and holes in semiconductors) under applied electric fields, additional to thermal agitation (electronics)
4. The mob (slang)

mōˈbilizable or mōˈbilisable adjective

mōbilization or mōbilisation /mō- or mo-bil-i-zāˈshən or -ī-/ noun

1. The act or action of mobilizing
2. A form of manipulation that includes traction of tissues and rotation of joints

mōˈbilize or mōˈbilise transitive verb

1. To make movable, mobile, or readily available
2. To put in readiness for service in war
3. To call (eg troops) into active service

1. To make armed forces ready for war
2. To undergo mobilization

moˈbilizer or moˈbiliser noun

mobile home noun

A caravan or other mobile structure with sleeping, cooking, etc facilities

mobile phone noun

A portable telephone operating by means of a cellular radio system

mobile police noun

Police patrolling in vehicles

mobile shop, library, etc noun

A shop, library, etc set up in a motor vehicle and driven to customers' homes or neighbourhoods

mobility allowance noun

Money paid by the government to disabled people to compensate for their travel costs

upwardly mobile see under up