flash mob

See also: flashmob

English

Alternative forms

• flashmob

Etymology

The term "flash crowd" was coined by Larry Niven in Flash Crowd, a story about cheap teleportation in the future.

Noun

flash mob (plural flash mobs)

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

Derived terms

• flash mobber
• flash rob

Translations

group converging and dispersing quickly

• Armenian: ֆլեշմոբ (flešmob), շանթամբոխ (šantʻambox) (neologism)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 快閃／快闪 (kuàishǎn), 快闪 (kuàishǎn)

• Dutch: flashmob (nl)
• Finnish: flash mob, äkkiryhmä
• French: flash mob (fr) m or f
• German: Flashmob (de) m
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• Japanese: フラッシュモブ (furasshumobu)
• Korean: 플래시 몹 (peullaesi mop)
• Latvian: zibakcija (lv) f, flešmobs m
• Malay: aksi rasa kilas
• Russian: флэшмо́б (ru) m (flɛšmób), флешмо́б (ru) m (flɛšmób)
• Swedish: flash mob c