Rabble

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A tumultuous crowd; a mob.
  • n. The lowest or coarsest class of people. Often used with the.
  • n. A group of persons regarded with contempt: "After subsisting on the invisible margins of the art scene ... he was 'discovered' in the mid-80's, along with a crowd of like-minded rabble from the East Villageā€ ( Richard B. Woodward).
  • n. An iron bar used to stir and skim molten iron in puddling.
  • n. Any of various similar tools or mechanically operated devices used in roasting or refining furnaces.
  • v. To stir or skim (molten iron) with an iron bar.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A mob; collectively, commoners; a disorderly group.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of puddling.
  • v. To stir or skim with a rabble, as molten iron.
  • verb-intransitive. To speak in a confused manner.
  • n. A tumultuous crowd of vulgar, noisy people; a mob; a confused, disorderly throng.
  • n. A confused, incoherent discourse; a medley of voices; a chatter.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a rabble; like, or suited to, a rabble; disorderly; vulgar.
  • v. To insult, or assault, by a mob; to mob.
  • v. To utter glibly and incoherently; to mouth without intelligence.
  • v. To rumple; to crumple.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To speak confusedly; talk incoherently; utter nonsense.
  • To utter confusedly or incoherently; gabble or chatter out.
  • n. A tumultuous crowd of vulgar, noisy people; a confused, disorderly assemblage; a mob.
  • n. Specifically, the mass of common people; the ignorant populace; the mob: with the definite article.
  • n. Any confused crowd or assemblage; a haphazard conglomeration or aggregate, especially of things trivial or ignoble.
  • n. Synonyms Mob, etc. See populace.
  • Pertaining to or consisting of a rabble; riotous; tumultuous; disorderly; vulgar; low.
  • To assault in a violent and disorderly manner; mob.
  • n. An iron bar bent at right angles at one end, used in the operation of puddling for stirring the melted iron, so as to allow it to be more fully exposed to the action of the air and the lining of the furnace.
  • To stirand skim with a rabble or puddling-tool, as melted iron in a furnace.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. disparaging terms for the common people
  • n. a disorderly crowd of people
  • Verb Form
    rabbled    rabbles    rabbling   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    mob    chatter    disorderly    vulgar    rumple    crumple    riffraff   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Babel    Schnabel    Scrabble    babble    babel    dabble    drabble    psychobabble    rabel    scrabble   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    mob    populace    soldiery    horde    ruffian    wretch    brute    barbarian    rout    multitude