rabbling

Variant of rabble

noun

a noisy, disorderly crowd; mob

Origin: ME rabel < ? or akin to ML rabulus, brawling, noisy < L rabula, a brawling advocate < rabere: see rabid

transitive verb rabbled, rabbling

to attack as or by a rabble; mob
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