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rab·ble 1
(răb′əl)n.
1. A tumultuous crowd; a mob.
2. The lowest or unrefined class of people. Often used with the.
3. A group of persons regarded with contempt: "After subsisting on the invisible margins of the art scene ... he was 'discovered' in the mid-80's, along with a crowd of like-minded rabble from the East Village" (Richard B. Woodward).
[Middle English.]
rab·ble 2
(răb′əl)n.
1. An iron bar used to stir and skim molten iron in puddling.
2. Any of various similar tools or mechanically operated devices used in roasting or refining furnaces.
tr.v. rab·bled, rab·bling, rab·bles
To stir or skim (molten iron) with an iron bar.
[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.]
rab′bler n.
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rabble
(ˈræbəl)n
1. a disorderly crowd; mob
2. the rabble derogatory the common people
[C14 (in the sense: a pack of animals): of uncertain origin; perhaps related to Middle Dutch rabbelen to chatter, rattle]
rabble
(ˈræbəl)n
(Metallurgy) Also called: rabbler an iron tool or mechanical device for stirring, mixing, or skimming a molten charge in a roasting furnace
vb
(Metallurgy) (tr) to stir, mix, or skim (the molten charge) in a roasting furnace
[C17: from French râble, from Latin rutābulum rake for a furnace, from ruere to rake, dig up]
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rab•ble1
(ˈræb əl)n., v. -bled, -bling. n.
1. a disorderly crowd; mob.
2. the rabble, the lower classes; the common people.
v.t. 3. to beset as a rabble does; mob.
[1350–1400; Middle English rabel (n.)]
rab•ble2
(ˈræb əl)n., v. -bled, -bling. Metall. n.
1. a tool or mechanically operated device used for stirring or mixing a charge in a roasting furnace.
v.t. 2. to stir (a charge) in a roasting furnace.
[1655–65; < French râble fire-shovel, tool, Middle French raable < Latin rutābulum implement for shifting hot coals]
rab′bler, n.
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Rabble
a pack, string, or swarm of animals or insects; a crowd or array of disorderly people, 1513; the low or disorderly part of the populace; a disorderly collection; a confused medley.Examples: rabble of appetites, passions and opinions, 1768; of bees; of books, 1803; of butterflies; of ceremonies, 1562; of licentious deities, 1741; of discourse, 1656; of dishes; of flies, 1847; of friars, 1560; of gnats; of insects; of monks, 1560; of murderers, 1792; of opinions, 1768; of passions, 1861; of people, 1635; of mean and light persons, 1568; of pictures, 1581; of scholastic precepts, 1589; of priests, 1529; of readers, 1691; of reasons, 1641; of remedies, 1633; of schoolmen, 1671; of strangers, 1840; of uncommanded traditions, 1545; of womenhood, 1847; of words, 1388.
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rabble
Past participle: rabbled
Gerund: rabbling
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| Noun | 1. |  rabble - a disorderly crowd of people crowd - a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers" lynch mob - a mob that kills a person for some presumed offense without legal authority |
| 2. | rabble - disparaging terms for the common people common people, folk, folks - people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next" |
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rabble
noun
2. (Derogatory) commoners, proletariat, common people, riffraff, crowd, masses, trash (chiefly U.S. & Canad.), scum, lower classes, populace, peasantry, dregs, hoi polloi, the great unwashed (derogatory), canaille, lumpenproletariat, commonalty They are forced to socialise with the rabble.
commoners elite, upper classes, aristocracy, nobility, bourgeoisie, gentry, high society
commoners elite, upper classes, aristocracy, nobility, bourgeoisie, gentry, high society
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rabble
nounA group of persons regarded as the lowest class:
Slang: scum.
Idioms: scum of the earth, tag and rag, the great unwashed.
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Translations
رَعاع، غَوْغاء
dav
hob
csőcselék
skríll, múgur
triukšminga minia
drūzmapūlis
ayaktakımıdüzensiz kalabalık
rabble
[ˈræbl] N (= disorderly crowd) → gentío m, muchedumbre f, mogollón m (Sp)the rabble (= uncultured people) → la chusma
a rabble of → una multitud turbulenta de
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rabble
[ˈræbəl] n (pejorative) → populace frabble-rousing [ˈræbəlraʊzɪŋ] nCritics have accused him of rabble-rousing → Ses détracteurs l'ont accusé de fomenter des troubles.
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rabble
rabble
:rabble-rouser
n → Hetzer(in), Volksverhetzer(in) m(f)
rabble-rousing
n → Hetze f, → Volksverhetzung f
adj → (auf)hetzerisch
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rabble
(ˈrӕbl) noun a noisy, disorderly crowd.
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