# mobbing

Pronunciation: say "MOB-ing" US /ˈmɑbɪŋ/, UK /ˈmɒbɪŋ/

## Noun

1. Bullying carried out by a group acting together to target a single individual.
   - Simple: Bullying done by a group of people who all target one person.
   - _Workplace mobbing can drive a capable employee to quit within months._
   - _The investigation revealed years of mobbing directed at one junior nurse._
3. Aggressive group behavior in which several animals harass or attack a single individual, especially a predator.
   - Simple: When a group of animals attacks or chases one creature, often a predator.
   - _Mobbing by jackdaws forced the buzzard to abandon its perch._
   - _Researchers recorded intense mobbing whenever a fox approached the gull colony._
4. A software development practice in which the entire team works on the same task at the same time, using a single computer.
   - Simple: A way of working where a whole software team writes code together at one computer.
   - _Their shift to mobbing cut down on review delays and spread expertise across the team._
   - _We tried mobbing for the trickiest module and shipped it without a single bug._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of mob. — present participle and gerund of mob
   - Simple: Present participle of mob. Use this -ing form for something happening right now.
   - _Reporters were mobbing the actor as she left the courtroom._
   - _Mobbing the substitute teacher quickly turned the classroom into chaos._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/mobbing (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).