Rabble Definition
răbəl
rabble, rabbles, rabbling
noun
rabbles
A noisy, disorderly crowd; mob.
Webster's New World
The lowest or unrefined class of people. Often used with the.
American Heritage
An iron bar used to stir and skim molten iron in puddling.
Webster's New World
A group of persons regarded with contempt.
American Heritage
Any of various similar tools or mechanically operated devices used in roasting or refining furnaces.
American Heritage
verb
rabble, rabbles, rabbling
To attack as or by a rabble; mob.
Webster's New World
To stir or skim with such a bar.
Webster's New World
idiom
the rabble
- the common people; the masses
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Rabble
Noun
Singular:
rabblePlural:
rabblesIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Rabble
- the rabble
Origin of Rabble
French râble fire shovel from Old French roable from Medieval Latin rotābulum from Latin rutābulum from rutus past participle of ruere to rake up, tumble down
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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