[ˈrabl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a disorderly crowd; a mob
(e.g: he was met by a rabble of noisy, angry youths)

- a large group of butterflies
(e.g: we arrived at the grounds after following a rabble of butterflies)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the senses ‘string of meaningless words’ and ‘pack of animals’): perhaps related to dialect rabble ‘to gabble’