| Rabble 1. (n.) An iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of puddling. 2. (v. t.) To stir or skim with a rabble, as molten iron. 3. (v. i.) To speak in a confused manner. 4. (n.) A tumultuous crowd of vulgar, noisy people; a mob; a confused, disorderly throng. 5. (n.) A confused, incoherent discourse; a medley of voices; a chatter. 6. (a.) of or pertaining to a rabble; like, or suited to, a rabble; disorderly; vulgar. 7. (v. t.) To insult, or assault, by a mob; to mob; as, to rabble a curate. 8. (v. t.) To utter glibly and incoherently; to mouth without intelligence. 9. (v. t.) To rumple; to crumple. Thesaurus Entries and bobtail, army, bourgeoisie, canaille, cluster, cohue, common ruck, commonalty, commoners, crowd, crush, deluge, dregs, dregs of society, flock, flood, galaxy, gang, heap, hoi polloi, horde, host, jam, legion, lower classes, many, mass, masses, mob, mod, multitude, other half, outcasts, panoply, peasantry, people, polloi, populace, press, proletariat, public, rabblement, raff, rag, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail, rank and file, riffraff, rout, ruck, scum, scurf, spate, swarm, tag, the great unwashed, throng, trash, unwashed, vermin |