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rabbles

rabbles is the plural of rabble.

Meaning of rabble

Noun (1)

rabble (plural rabbles)

  1. (obsolete) A bewildered or meaningless string of words.
  2. (obsolete) A pack of animals; or any confused collection of things.
  3. A mob; a disorderly crowd.
    Synonyms:
    rout
  4. (derogatory) The mass of common people; the lowest class of populace.
    • 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, […]1682, [Nahum Tate; John Dryden], The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 5

Noun (2)

rabble (plural rabbles)

  1. An iron bar used in puddling.

See all 8 meanings of rabble

Questions about rabbles

What is rabbles the plural of?
Rabbles is the plural of rabble.

Words near rabbles in the dictionary

  1. rabblement
  2. rabblements
  3. rabbler
  4. rabblerousing
  5. rabblers
  6. rabbles
  7. rabblesome
  8. rabbling
  9. rabblings
  10. rabbly
  11. rabboni

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