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RABBLE
mob, rabble, rout
(noun) a disorderly crowd of people
rabble, riffraff, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail
(noun) disparaging terms for the common people
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
rabble (third-person singular simple present rabbles, present participle rabbling, simple past and past participle rabbled)
(intransitive) To speak in a confused manner; talk incoherently; utter nonsense
(transitive) To speak confusedly or incoherently; gabble or chatter out
Etymology 2
Noun
rabble (plural rabbles)
(obsolete) A bewildered or meaningless string of words.
(obsolete) A pack of animals; or any confused collection of things.
A mob; a disorderly crowd. [from late 14th c.]
(contemptuous, derogatory) The mass of common people; the lowest class of populace. [from 1550s]
Synonyms
• plebs
• riffraff
Etymology 3
Noun
rabble (plural rabbles)
An iron bar used in puddling.
Verb
rabble (third-person singular simple present rabbles, present participle rabbling, simple past and past participle rabbled)
(transitive) To stir with a rabble.
Anagrams
• barbel, barble
Source: Wiktionary
Rab"ble (rab"b'l), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Iron Manuf.)
Definition: An iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of puddling.
Rab"ble, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to a rabble; like, or suited to, a rabble; disorderly; vulgar. [R.] Dryden.
Rab"ble, n. [Probably named from the noise made by it (see Rabble, v. i.); cf. D. rapalje rabble, OF. & Prov. F. rapaille.]
1. A tumultuous crowd of vulgar, noisy people; a mob; a confused, disorderly throng.
I saw, I say, come out of London, even unto the presence of the prince, a great rabble of mean and light persons. Ascham.
Jupiter, Mercury, Bacchus, Venus, Mars, and the whole rabble of licentious deities. Bp. Warburton.
2. A confused, incoherent discourse; a medley of voices; a chatter.
The rabble, the lowest class of people, without reference to an assembly; the dregs of the people. "The rabble call him "lord.'" Shak.
Rab"ble, v. i. [Akin to D. rabbelen, Prov. G. rabbeln, to prattle, to chatter: cf. L. rabula a brawling advocate, a pettifogger, fr. rabere to rave. Cf. Rage.]
Definition: To speak in a confused manner. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Rab"ble, v. t.
Definition: To stir or skim with a rabble, as molten iron.
Rab"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rabbled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Rabbling (-bling).]
1. To insult, or assault, by a mob; to mob; as, to rabble a curate. Macaulay.
The bishops' carriages were stopped and the prelates themselves rabbled on their way to the house. J. R. Green.
2. To utter glibly and incoherently; to mouth without intelligence. [Obs. or Scot.] Foxe.
3. To rumple; to crumple. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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