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)

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

Derived terms

Translations

group converging and dispersing quickly

Armenian: ֆլեշմոբ (flešmob), շանթամբոխ (šantʿambox) (neologism)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 快閃, 快闪 (kuàishǎn)
Dutch: flashmob (nl)
Finnish: flash mob, äkkiryhmä
French: flash mob (fr) m or f

German: Flashmob (de) m
Japanese: フラッシュモブ (furasshumobu)
Korean: 플래시 몹 (peullaesi mop)
Latvian: zibakcija (lv) f, flešmobs m
Russian: флэшмо́б (ru) m (flɛšmób), флешмо́б (ru) m (flɛšmób)
Swedish: flash mob c

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