'Rabble' definitions:
Definition of 'rabble'
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noun
noun
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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- and bobtail,
- army,
- bourgeoisie,
- canaille,
- cluster,
- cohue,
- common ruck,
- commonalty,
- commoners,
- crowd,
- crush,
- deluge,
- dregs,
- dregs of society,
- flock,
- flood,
- galaxy,
- gang,
- heap,
- hoi polloi,
- horde,
- host,
- jam,
- legion,
- lower classes,
- many,
- mass,
- masses,
- mob,
- mod,
- multitude,
- other half,
- outcasts,
- panoply,
- peasantry,
- people,
- polloi,
- populace,
- press,
- proletariat,
- public,
- rabblement,
- raff,
- rag,
- ragtag,
- ragtag and bobtail,
- rank and file,
- riffraff,
- rout,
- ruck,
- scum,
- scurf,
- spate,
- swarm,
- tag,
- the great unwashed,
- throng,
- trash,
- unwashed,
- vermin