rabbled
simple past tense and past participle of rabble
• dabbler, drabble
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
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
