"rabble" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹæbəl/ Audio: en-us-rabble.ogg Forms: rabbles [plural]
Rhymes: -æbəl Etymology: From Middle English rabel, probably from the verb (see above). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|rabel}} Middle English rabel Head templates: {{en-noun}} rabble (plural rabbles)
  1. (obsolete) A bewildered or meaningless string of words. Tags: obsolete
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  2. (obsolete) A pack of animals; or any confused collection of things. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Collectives
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  3. A mob; a disorderly crowd. Categories (topical): Collectives Translations (a disorderly crowd): тълпа (tǎlpa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), väkijoukko (Finnish), ihmisjoukko (Finnish), cohue [feminine] (French), foule [feminine] (French), όχλος (óchlos) [masculine] (Greek), σκυλολόι (skylolói) [colloquial, neuter] (Greek), tömeg (Hungarian), 烏合の衆 (ugō no shū) (alt: うごうのしゅう) (Japanese), 有象無象 (uzou muzou) (Japanese), gĩcanjama [class-7] (Kikuyu), gaujà [feminine] (Lithuanian), hołota [feminine] (Polish), motłoch [masculine] (Polish), hałastra [feminine] (Polish), толпа́ (tolpá) [feminine] (Russian), сброд (sbrod) [masculine] (Russian), чернь (černʹ) [feminine] (Russian), бы́дло (býdlo) [neuter] (Russian), turba [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-rabble-en-noun-OhlDSMQV Disambiguation of Collectives: 1 21 12 12 1 17 18 17 Disambiguation of 'a disorderly crowd': 1 2 93 4
  4. (derogatory) The mass of common people; the lowest class of populace. Tags: derogatory Categories (topical): Collectives, People Synonyms: plebs, riffraff, commonalty Translations (the mass of common people; the lowest class of people): σύρφαξ (súrphax) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), συρφετός (surphetós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), простолюдие (prostoljudie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), gentalla [feminine] (Catalan), gentola [feminine] (Catalan), rahvas (Finnish), populace (english: the commoners) [feminine] (French), racaille [feminine] (French), plèbe [feminine] (French), xentalla [feminine] (Galician), chusma [feminine] (Galician), xente bafúa [feminine] (Galician), Pöbel [masculine] (German), αληταρία (alitaría) [feminine] (Greek), csőcselék (Hungarian), csürhe (Hungarian), söpredék (Hungarian), raskalaro (Ido), gentaglia [feminine] (Italian), 떨거지 (tteolgeoji) (Korean), popellus [masculine] (Latin), pãdugnės [feminine, plural] (Lithuanian), раја (raja) [feminine] (Macedonian), bydło [neuter] (Polish), męty [plural] (Polish), gentalha [feminine] (Portuguese), ralé [feminine] (Portuguese), malta [feminine] (Portuguese), сброд (sbrod) [masculine] (Russian), чернь (černʹ) [feminine] (Russian), бы́дло n толпа́ (býdlo) [feminine] (Russian), простонаро́дье (prostonaródʹje) [neuter] (Russian), gentuza [feminine] (Spanish), gentualla [feminine] (Spanish), chusma (Spanish), gleba [feminine] (Spanish), patulea [feminine] (Spanish), gentecilla [feminine] (Spanish), populacho [masculine] (Spanish), plebe [feminine] (Spanish), pöbel [common-gender] (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: rabble rouser, rabblesome, ribble-rabble
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈɹæbəl/ Audio: en-us-rabble.ogg Forms: rabbles [plural]
Rhymes: -æbəl Etymology: From Old French roable (modern French râble), from Latin rutabulum (“a poker”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|roable}} Old French roable, {{der|en|la|rutabulum||a poker}} Latin rutabulum (“a poker”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} rabble (plural rabbles)
  1. An iron bar used in puddling.
    Sense id: en-rabble-en-noun-eTDaemNK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /ˈɹæbəl/ Audio: en-us-rabble.ogg Forms: rabbles [present, singular, third-person], rabbling [participle, present], rabbled [participle, past], rabbled [past]
Rhymes: -æbəl Etymology: First attested since 1300s, from Middle English rablen (“to ramble; rave; speak in a confused manner”), cognate with Middle Dutch rabbelen (“to talk; chatter; trifle”), Low German rabbeln, robbeln (“to chatter; prattle”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|rablen||to ramble; rave; speak in a confused manner}} Middle English rablen (“to ramble; rave; speak in a confused manner”), {{cog|dum|rabbelen||to talk; chatter; trifle}} Middle Dutch rabbelen (“to talk; chatter; trifle”), {{cog|nds|rabbeln}} Low German rabbeln Head templates: {{en-verb}} rabble (third-person singular simple present rabbles, present participle rabbling, simple past and past participle rabbled)
  1. (intransitive) To speak in a confused manner; talk incoherently; utter nonsense Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Collectives
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  2. (transitive) To speak confusedly or incoherently; gabble or chatter out Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Collectives
    Sense id: en-rabble-en-verb-VJRjxkkz Disambiguation of Collectives: 1 21 12 12 1 17 18 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 27 9 1 5 20 25 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 19 6 1 4 23 27 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 26 4 1 2 22 25 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ravel
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈɹæbəl/ Audio: en-us-rabble.ogg Forms: rabbles [present, singular, third-person], rabbling [participle, present], rabbled [participle, past], rabbled [past]
Rhymes: -æbəl Etymology: From Old French roable (modern French râble), from Latin rutabulum (“a poker”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|roable}} Old French roable, {{der|en|la|rutabulum||a poker}} Latin rutabulum (“a poker”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} rabble (third-person singular simple present rabbles, present participle rabbling, simple past and past participle rabbled)
  1. (transitive) To stir with a rabble. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Collectives Derived forms: rabbler
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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    }
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        "An iron bar used in puddling."
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      "ipa": "/ˈɹæbəl/"
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      "categories": [
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      ],
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        "To stir with a rabble."
      ],
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          "stir",
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        "(transitive) To stir with a rabble."
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈɹæbəl/"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-rabble.ogg",
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-æbəl"
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  ],
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}

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