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 Definitions of rabble  [ˈræb əl]  

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Definition of 'rabble' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) rabble
a disorderly crowd; mob.

2.  rabble
the rabble, the lower classes; the common people.

3. (v.t.) rabble
to beset as a rabble does; mob.

4. (n.) rabble
a tool or mechanically operated device used for stirring or mixing a charge in a roasting furnace.

5. (v.t.) rabble
to stir (a charge) in a roasting furnace.

Etymology:  (1655–65; < F râble fire-shovel, tool, MF raable < L rutābulum implement for shifting hot coals)

Definition of 'rabble' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) mob, rabble, rout
a disorderly crowd of people

2. (noun) rabble, riffraff, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail
disparaging terms for the common people


Definition of 'rabble' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) rabble
of or pertaining to a rabble; like, or suited to, a rabble; disorderly; vulgar

2. (noun) rabble
an iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of puddling

3. (verb) rabble
to stir or skim with a rabble, as molten iron

4. (verb) rabble
to speak in a confused manner

5. (verb) rabble
a tumultuous crowd of vulgar, noisy people; a mob; a confused, disorderly throng

6. (verb) rabble
a confused, incoherent discourse; a medley of voices; a chatter

7. (verb) rabble
to insult, or assault, by a mob; to mob; as, to rabble a curate

8. (verb) rabble
to utter glibly and incoherently; to mouth without intelligence

9. (verb) rabble
to rumple; to crumple


Translation of 'rabble' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a noisy, disorderly crowd.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: gespuis Arabic flag Arabic: رَعاع، غَوْغاء Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: тълпа
Brazilian flag Brazilian: tumulto Czech flag Czech: dav German flag German: der Pöbel
Danish flag Danish: hob Greek flag Greek: όχλος, συρφετός Spanish flag Spanish: gentío, muchedumbre
Estonian flag Estonian: jõuk Farsi flag Farsi: اراذل و اوباش Finnish flag Finnish: roskajoukko
French flag French: cohue Hebrew flag Hebrew: אֲסַפסוּף Hindi flag Hindi: शोर भरी अव्यवस्थित भीड़
Croatian flag Croatian: masa ljudi, svjetina Hungarian flag Hungarian: csőcselék Indonesian flag Indonesian: perusuh
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skríll, múgur Italian flag Italian: calca, ressa Japanese flag Japanese: やじうま
Korean flag Korean: 무질서한 군중 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: triukšminga minia Latvian flag Latvian: pūlis; drūzma
Malay flag Malay: hingar Dutch flag Dutch: gepeupel Norwegian flag Norwegian: pøbel, rakkerpakk
Polish flag Polish: motłoch Persian flag Persian: اراذل و اوباش Pashto flag Pashto: پار يدلى ډله، ګڼ خلك چه د
Portuguese flag Portuguese: turba Romanian flag Romanian: gloa­tă Russian flag Russian: толпа
Slovak flag Slovak: dav Slovenian flag Slovenian: množica Serbian flag Serbian: bučna rulja
Swedish flag Swedish: larmande folkhop Thai flag Thai: ฝูงชนที่วุ่นวาย Turkish flag Turkish: düzensiz kalabalık
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 烏合之眾,暴民 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: натовп Urdu flag Urdu: بے ترتیب مجمع
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đám đông lộn xộn Chinese flag Chinese: 乌合之众,暴民

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