rabble
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɹæbəl/
First attested since 1300s, from Middle English rablen, cognate with Middle Dutch rabbelen, Low German rabbeln, robbeln ("to chatter; prattle").
Verbrabble (rabbles, present participle rabbling; simple past and past participle rabbled)
- (intransitive) To speak in a confused manner; talk incoherently; utter nonsense
- (transitive) To speak confusedly or incoherently; gabble or chatter out
From Middle English rabel, probably from the verb (see above).
Nounrabble (plural rabbles)
- (obsolete) A bewildered or meaningless string of words.
- (obsolete) A pack of animals; or any confused collection of things.
- A mob; a disorderly crowd. [from late 14th c.]
- (derogatory) The mass of common people; the lowest class of populace. [from 1550s]
- Synonyms: plebs, riffraff, Thesaurus:commonalty
- 1682, [Nahum Tate; John Dryden], The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC ↗, page 5 ↗:
- Such practices as Theſe, too groſs to lye / Long unobſerv'd by each diſcerning Eye, / The more judicious Iſraelites Unſpell'd, / Though ſtill the Charm the giddy Rabble held, [...]
- French: populace (the commoners), racaille, plèbe
- German: Pöbel
- Italian: gentaglia
- Portuguese: gentalha, ralé, malta
- Russian: сброд
- Spanish: gentuza, gentualla, chusma, gleba, patulea, gentecilla, populacho, plebe
From Old French roable (modern French râble), from Latin rutabulum.
Nounrabble (plural rabbles)
Verbrabble (rabbles, present participle rabbling; simple past and past participle rabbled)
- (transitive) To stir with a rabble.
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