'Rabble' definitions:

Definition of 'rabble'

From: WordNet
noun
A disorderly crowd of people [syn: mob, rabble, rout]
noun
Disparaging terms for the common people [syn: rabble, riffraff, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail]

Definition of 'Rabble'

From: GCIDE
  • Rabble \Rab"ble\, v. t. To stir or skim with a rabble, as molten iron. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rabble'

From: GCIDE
  • Rabble \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.] To speak in a confused manner. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rabble'

From: GCIDE
  • Rabble \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. [1913 Webster]
  • I saw, I say, come out of London, even unto the presence of the prince, a great rabble of mean and light persons. --Ascham. [1913 Webster]
  • Jupiter, Mercury, Bacchus, Venus, Mars, and the whole rabble of licentious deities. --Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A confused, incoherent discourse; a medley of voices; a chatter. [1913 Webster]
  • The rabble, the lowest class of people, without reference to an assembly; the dregs of the people. "The rabble call him `lord.'" --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rabble'

From: GCIDE
  • Rabble \Rab"ble\, a. Of or pertaining to a rabble; like, or suited to, a rabble; disorderly; vulgar. [R.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rabble'

From: GCIDE
  • Rabble \Rab"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rabbled (r[a^]b"b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Rabbling (r[a^]b"bl[i^]ng).]
  • 1. To insult, or assault, by a mob; to mob; as, to rabble a curate. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • The bishops' carriages were stopped and the prelates themselves rabbled on their way to the house. --J. R. Green. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To utter glibly and incoherently; to mouth without intelligence. [Obs. or Scot.] --Foxe. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To rumple; to crumple. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rabble'

From: GCIDE
  • Rabble \Rab"ble\ (r[a^]b"b'l), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Iron Manuf.) An iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of puddling. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'rabble'

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