flash mob
flash mob · flash mobs
флешмоб
флешмоб, флэшмоб
Flashmob
A group of people who rapidly assemble, perform an unusual and seemingly pointless…A group of people who rapidly assemble, perform an unusual and seemingly pointless act, and then quickly disperse.
» Sami joined the flash mob.
Meaning
1 sensesA group of people who rapidly assemble, perform an unusual and seemingly pointless act, and then quickly disperse.
Flashmob
флэшмо́бflɛšmób, флешмо́бflɛšmób
флешмо́бflešmób
Examples
2 sentencesSami joined the flash mob.
Sami planned a flash mob for Layla's wedding party.
Translations
6 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
group converging and dispersing quickly:
Русский
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group converging and dispersing quickly:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
group converging and dispersing quickly:
Origin
Perhaps from flash crowd, a term coined by Larry Niven in Flash Crowd (1973), a story abouPerhaps from flash crowd, a term coined by Larry Niven in Flash Crowd (1973), a story about cheap teleportation in the future.
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