Meaning

1 senses

  1. A group of people who rapidly assemble, perform an unusual and seemingly pointless act, and then quickly disperse.

    Flashmob

    флэшмо́бflɛšmób, флешмо́бflɛšmób

    флешмо́бflešmób

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Sami joined the flash mob.

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  2. Sami planned a flash mob for Layla's wedding party.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
group converging and dispersing quickly:
Русский
By meaning 1
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 abou

Perhaps 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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Forms

plural: flash mobs

Word family

2 related words
Derivedflash mobberflash rob

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
flareflashB2flashbackC1flashcardflashlight

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