A large public gathering at which people perform an unusual or seemingly random act and then disperse, typically organized by means of the Internet or social media.
equipped with cameras and LED lights, a flash mob of 135 people appeared out of nowhere to put on a performance
Phrases
flash mobbing
Example sentencesExamples
Flash mobbing is fast developing into the nation's favourite hobby.
Whether traditional British reserve will wobble in the face of flash mobbing is unclear.
I don't think there's any place that is immune from flash mobbing.
The Python-esque incident was thought to have been Britain's first brush with flash mobbing - a trend which started in the United States.
Despite the planning that goes into making a flash mob, there is something inherently anarchic about flash mobbing.
Derivatives
flash mobber
noun
According to one of the many websites devoted to the phenomenon, flash mobbers are rebels, who ‘self-organise their entertainment rather than buying a ticket, standing in line and passively consuming prepackaged entertainment’.
Example sentencesExamples
‘I feel like i'm in a bizarre spy movie,’ one flash mobber said.
At the signal to start - the opening of a purple and green umbrella - the hundreds of flash mobbers fell to the ground and started screaming and flailing their limbs as if an earthquake had struck.
The website is an online meeting place of global flash mobbers.
Groups suddenly and unexpectedly removed the Bostoncitymob Web site, where Boston flash mobbers were organizing.
flash mobbing
noun
Despite the planning that goes into making a flash mob, there is something inherently anarchic about flash mobbing.
Example sentencesExamples
The Python-esque incident was thought to have been Britain's first brush with flash mobbing - a trend which started in the United States.
Flash mobbing is fast developing into the nation's favourite hobby.
Whether traditional British reserve will wobble in the face of flash mobbing is unclear.
I don't think there's any place that is immune from flash mobbing.
noun.1
phr.
Definition of flash mob in US English:
flash mob
nounˈflæʃ ˌmɑbˈflaSH ˌmäb
A large public gathering at which people perform an unusual or seemingly random act and then disperse, typically organized by means of the Internet or social media.
equipped with cameras and LED lights, a flash mob of 135 people appeared out of nowhere to put on a performance