Rabble

Definitions: Rabble

Rabble

Noun

1. A disorderly crowd of people.

2. Disparaging terms for the common people.

Date "rabble" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Satire	RABBLE, n. In a republic, those who exercise a supreme authority tempered by fraudulent elections. The rabble is like the sacred Simurgh, of Arabian fable -- omnipotent on condition that it do nothing. (The word is Aristocratese, and has no exact equivalent in our tongue, but means, as nearly as may be, "soaring swine."). Source: Devil's Dictionary.
Metallurgy	An iron bar, either straight or elbowed, used for cleaning the metal batch or the furnace walls. Source: European Union. (references)
	Appliance used for stirring a metal bath to homogenize it. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	A. An iron scraper serving as a rake in removing scoriae from the surface of melted metal b. A charcoal burner's shovel c. A mechanical rake for skimming the bath in a melting or refining furnace or for stirring the ore in a roasting furnace by hand ormechanically. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Rabble

Synonyms: mob (n), ragtag (n), ragtag and bobtail (n), riffraff (n), rout (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Assemblage	Crowd, throng, group; flood, rush, deluge; rabble, mob, press, crush, cohue, horde, body, tribe; crew, gang, knot, squad, band, party; swarm, shoal, school, covey, flock, herd, drove; atajo; bunch, drive, force, mulada; remuda; roundup; array, bevy, galaxy; corps, company, troop, troupe, task force; army, regiment; (combatants); host; (multitude); populousness.
Commonalty	Mob; rabble, rabble rout; chaff, rout, horde, canaille; scum of the people, residuum of the people, dregs of the people, dregs of society; swinish multitude, foex populi; trash; profanum vulgus, ignobile vulgus; vermin, riffraff, ragtag and bobtail; small fry.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Rabble

English words defined with "rabble": Canaille, Clamjamphrie ♦ Frape ♦ Rabbled, Rabblement, Rabble-rout, Rabbling, Raff, Revel-rout, Roughscuff ♦ Tag and rag, Tag-rag, The rabble, To win on ♦ Varletry. (references)

Specialty definitions using "rabble": Bell's dephosphorizing process ♦ Crowdero ♦ FURNACE OPERATOR ♦ Magnano, mechanical rabble ♦ Orsin ♦ rabble a bath, RABBLE-FURNACE TENDER, rabbling tool, rostrum, Roughs ♦ stopper hole ♦ wedge roaster. (references)

Etymologies containing "rabble": Clamjamphrie ♦ Mobocracy ♦ Rampallian. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	This rabble you're talking about, they do most of the working and paying and living and dying in this community. (It's a Wonderful Life; writing credit: Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett and Frank Capra. based on the story 'The Greatest Gift' by Philip Van Doren Stern.) Just remember this, Mr. Potter: that this rabble you're talking about, they do most of the working and paying and living and dying in this community. (It's a Wonderful Life; writing credit: Philip Van Doren Stern; Frances Goodrich) I couldn't even take an Arab brothel with this rabble. (Sahara; writing credit: David Phillips) Oh, how quaint - even the rabble. (Sleeping Beauty; writing credit: Milt Banta; Winston Hibler)
Movie/TV Titles	Rabble Boys (1996)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	A rabble of rebels (reference) Keeping the Rabble in Line: Interviews With David Barsamian (reference) Rabble in Arms (reference) Rabble Rousers: Twenty American Women Who Made a Difference (reference) Rabble Starkey (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Rabble (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Epicurus	I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
Martin Luther	The murdering and thieving rabble of the peasants.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Fantine joined the crowd and began to laugh with the rest at this harangue, in which were mingled slang for the rabble and jargon for the better sort.
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	5, 1715. At our landing the Captain forced me to cover myself with his cloak, to prevent the rabble from crowding about me.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	ROSTRUM, n. In Latin, the beak of a bird or the prow of a ship. In America, a place from which a candidate for office energetically expounds the wisdom, virtue and power of the rabble.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Rabble" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.59% of the time. "Rabble" is used about 83 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	97.59%	81	36,835
Lexical Verb (base form)	1.2%	1	339,140
Noun (common)	1.2%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	83	N/A

Expressions using "rabble": rabble a bath ♦ rabble rouser ♦ the rabble. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "rabble": rabble-rouser, rabble-rousers, rabble-rousing, rabble-rousing propaganda, Rabble-rout.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "rabble"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		vulgu, turmë (bevy, concourse, confluence, crew, crowd, drove, flock, herd, horde, huddle, jam, mob, press, rat race, rout, ruck, throng), turma (mob, multitude), grabit (amputate, depredate, deprive, despoil, flay, fleece, loot, ransack, Raven, ravish, reave, reive, rent, rip off, Rob, sack, subtract). (various references)

Arabic		‏مجموعة أشياء مختلطة, ‏حشد (assemblage, assemble, boodle, cloud, college, concentrate, concourse, confluence, crew, crowd, gather, gathering, horde, host, huddle, legion, loads of, lots of, mob, mobilize, multitude, oodles, pack, pile up, press, recall, regiment, throng), ‏المقلب عمود حديدي, ‏رعاع (peat, riffraff, trash). (various references)

Bulgarian		ръжен (fire-irons, poker, rye), тълпа (cloud, concourse, cram, crowd, crush, drove, herd, host, huddle, mob, multitude, press, resort, rout, ruck, shoal, squash, throng, train, troop), обкръжавам (beleaguer, beset, circle, embosom, encircle, encompass, engird, envelop, environ, hoop, invest, rim, ring, surround), нападам (assault, attack, do over, engage, fall on, fall upon, infest, insult, lunge, mob, oppugn, pitch into, sail into, set about, set on, set upon, shape up, strike, strongarm, turn on, turn upon, walk into, zap), бъркачка в леярна пещ, бъркам (churn, make, mistake, mix, mix up, paddle, rouse, shuffle, stir), простолюдие (mob, ruck), паплач (mob, riffraff, vermin). (various references)

Chinese		聚众骚扰溃败 (Rabble-rout). (various references)

Czech		sbìř (canaille), lùza (mob, riffraff, tag-rag), dav (concourse, crowd, horde, mob, populace, swarm, throng), chátra (mob, riffraff). (various references)

Danish		slaggerager (rake), omrører (agitation auger, mixer, mixing auger conveyor, mixing screw, paddle unit, rotor, whisk), ildrager (poker, rake). (various references)

Dutch		grauw (gray, grey, riff-raff), gespuis (riff-raff), geboefte (riff-raff), canaille (riff-raff). (various references)

Esperanto		kanajlaro (riff-raff). (various references)

Farsi		توده طبقات پست , ازدحام (Crowd, Drove, Host, Huddle, Hurtle, Press, Swarm, Throng, Turnout), اراذل واوباش (Tagragandbobtail), بااراذل واوباش حمله کردن به . (various references)

Finnish		sekoitin (agitator, batch mixer, blender, mixer, stirrer, stirring rod, thimble), kuonakoukku (rake), kaavinrauta, kaavin (doctor, doctor blade, doctor knife, knife, scraper), hämmennin. (various references)

French		ringard (rake), rabot de decrassage, râble (rake), populace (ragtag and bobtail), foule, cohue, agitateur. (various references)

German		Pöbel (hoi polloi, mob, populace, riffraff), Gesindel (rabbles, ragtag, riffraff, riff-raff, trash, vermins), Pöpel. (various references)

Greek		όχλοσ (canaille, commonalty, crowd, hoi polloi, mob, riffraff), ξύστρα (buffer, carding comb, cattle comb, chain harrow, curry comb, flight, light spiked chain harrow, paddle, pencil sharpener, rake, raker, rasp, scraper, sharpener, squeegee), εργαλείο καθαρισμού της σκωρίας, αναδευτήρας (agitation auger, agitator, mixer, rotor, stirrer, thimble), τύρβη (eddy, noise, turbulence, vortex, whirlpool). (various references)

Hebrew		ערב רב (horde, mob, riffraff), אספסוף (hoi polloi, mob, ragtag, riffraff, trash). (various references)

Hungarian		zavaró tömeg, söpredék (dregs, offscourings, raff, ragtag, riff raff, scum, scurf, sweepings, trash), piszkavas (firing-tools, poker, rabbler, rake, stoker), kotrólapát (rabbler), kavarólapát (rabbler), kaparólapát (rabbler), gyülevész nép, gyülevész had, csőcselék (ragtag, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, rout). (various references)

Icelandic		skríll (riff-raff), múgur (riff-raff). (various references)

Indonesian		rakyat jelata (mob). (various references)

Italian		folla (accumulation, crowd, crush, drove, heap, host, huddle, mass, mob, multitude, pile, throng). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		有象無象 (mob, riffraff, the masses). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		うぞうむぞう (mob, riffraff, the masses). (various references)

Manx		yiarn seiyee, riftanyn (mob, riff-raff). (various references)

Pig Latin		abbleray.(various references)

Portuguese		turba (multitudinous, press, ruck), populaça, plebe (commonalty, hoick, mob, people, plectrum), multidão (accumulation, cloud, cluster, concourse, confluence, coven, crew, crowd, flock, heap, herd, hive, horde, legion, many, mass, multitude, parade, people, pile, popular, ruck, shoal, swarm, throng), gentalha (mob, offscreen, people, populace, ragtag), esborralhador para remexer o metal em fusão, canalha (blackguard, canaille, heavy, mean-spirited, miscreant, mob, riffraff, rogue, rotter, scam artist, scoundrel, villain), agitador (agitator, beater, disunion, dump cradle, mixer, stirrer, thimble, tilter, tipper, tumbler). (various references)

Romanian		vatrã (fireplace, grate, hearth, home, house), prãjinã pentru amestecat metalul topit, mulţime (accumulation, army, array, body, boodle, cloud, cluster, concourse, crowd, dozen, drove, fifty, flock, forest, generality, heap, herd, hive, host, huddle, lashing, manifold, mass, mob, multitude, muster, number, Peck, pile, plenty, populace, press, quantity, ream, shoal, sight, squash, stack, swarm, throng), gloatã (band, boodle, crowd, drove, flock, heap, herd, mob, multitude, populace, press, riff raff, squash, the many, troop), amesteca (admix, adulterate, amalgamate, attemper, blend, combine, commingle, compound, concoct, confound, confuse, cross, dilute, embroil, entangle, immix, interblend, interfuse, intermingle, intermix, intersperse, involve, jumble, medley, melt, merge, mingle, mix, muddle, pie, poison, shuffle, temper, work). (various references)

Russian		толпа (bike, boodle, crowd, drove, mob, posse, swarm, throng, troop). (various references)

Scottish		gasraidh. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		rulja (doggery, drove, herd, mob, populace), pomešati (admix, blend, commingle, compost, intermingle, intermix, jumble, mix), ološ (canaille, ragtag, riff raff, riffraff, scrum, scum, trash, wreckage), mešati (alloy, blend, jumble, mingle, mix, puddle, shuffle, stir), železna mešalica. (various references)

Spanish		canalla (blackguard, cad, cur, heel, hound, mob, outsider, rat, riff raff, scab, scalawag, scallawag, scallywag, scapegrace, scoundrel, skunk, stinker, swine, you cad). (various references)

Swedish		pack (mob, riffraff, trash, vermin), lödder (foam, froath, froth, lather), anhang (adherents, disciples, following, party, supporters). (various references)

Thai		ชนชั้นต่ำ, สามัญชน, ฝูงชนที่วุ่นวาย. (various references)

Turkish		maden eriyiğini karıştırmaya yarayan çubuk, gelberi ile karıştırmak, gelberi (rake), gürültücü kalabalık, ayaktakımıdan kalabalık. (various references)

Ukranian		розграбовувати, кочерга (poker, rake), вибовкувати (cough up), натовп (bike, confluence, conflux, crowd, drove, flock, huddle, mob, multitude, press, throng), набір слів, потолоч (canaille, dregs, rag-tag), перегрібати (rake), патякати (chin). (various references)

Vietnamese		tiện dân (canaille), choòng cời lò, đám người lộn xộn. (various references)

Welsh		gwerinos (mob), ciwed (crew, mob). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	multitudine, multitudinem, multitudines, multitudini, multitudinis, multitudo, sentina, vulgi, vulgo, vulgum, vulgus. (various references)
Italian	900-Modern	popolaccio. (various references)
Middle Dutch	1100-1500	rabbelen. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "rabble": rabbled, rabblement, rabblements, rabbler, rabblers, rabbles. (additional references)
	Words ending with "rabble": brabble, drabble, grabble, hardscrabble, scrabble. (additional references)
	Words containing "rabble": brabbled, brabbler, brabblers, brabbles, drabbled, drabbles, grabbled, grabbler, grabblers, grabbles, scrabbled, scrabbler, scrabblers, scrabbles. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Rabble" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Arbel, erable, Rabal, rabbals, rabbel, Rabel, rabile, rable, rablle, Rabol, reable, reble, ribble, rible, Ribli, srabble, trabble. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "rabble" (pronounced ra"bul)
5	r a" b u l	Drabble, Scrabble.
4	-a" b u l	babble, Babel, dabble, psychobabble.
3	-b u l	able, abominable, acceptable, accessible, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, addressable, adjustable, admirable, admissible, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amble, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, assemble, attainable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, bankable, bauble, bearable, believable, bible, billable, biodegradable, bramble, breakable, bubble, buildable, Bumble, burnable, cable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, cobble, coble, collapsible, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, corbel, countable, credible, creditable, crucible, crumble, culpable, curable, cymbal, debatable, deductible, defensible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, Dibble, digestible, disable, disagreeable, disassemble, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, disreputable, dissemble, distinguishable, divisible, doable, double, dribble, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enable, enfeeble, enforceable, enjoyable, ennoble, ensemble, enviable, equable, equitable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fable, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, feeble, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, foible, forcible, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fumble, fungible, fusible, gable, gamble, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, gullible, habitable, hardscrabble, harvestable, herbal, heritable, hobble, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, humble, identifiable, ignoble, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immeasurable, immiscible, immobile, immovable, immutable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, impermissible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, incurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indispensable, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, inflexible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, intertribal, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, jumble, justifiable, kibble, knowledgeable, label, lamentable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, libel, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marble, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, mislabel, mobile, moldable, movable, mumble, navigable, negligible, negotiable, nibble, nimble, noble, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, nonverbal, notable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palatable, palpable, parable, passable, patentable, payable, peaceable, pebble, perceptible, perishable, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, possible, potable, practicable, preamble, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, punishable, questionable, quibble, quotable, ramble, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, reassemble, rebel, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redouble, redoubtable, reducible, refundable, regrettable, relabel, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, replaceable, reportable, reprehensible, reputable, resealable, resemble, resettable, respectable, responsible, retractable, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, salable, saleable, salvageable, scramble, scribble, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, shamble, Sibyl, sizable, sizeable, sociable, soluble, solvable, spendable, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, submersible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, symbol, table, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, thimble, timetable, tolerable, traceable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, tunable, turntable, typeable, umbel, unable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgettable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unscramble, unserviceable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, valuable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verbal, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, wamble, washable, wearable, winnable, wobble, workable.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: barbel.
	Words within the letters "a-b-b-e-l-r"
	-1 letter: abler, babel, baler, barbe, blare, blear.
	-2 letters: abbe, able, babe, bale, barb, bare, bear, blab, blae, bleb, brae, earl, lear, rale, real.
	-3 letters: alb, ale, arb, are, bal, bar, bel, bra, ear, ebb, era, lab, lar, lea, reb.
	-4 letters: ab, ae, al, ar, ba, be, el, er, la, re.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-b-e-l-r"
	+1 letter: babbler, barbell, barbels, barbule, belabor, blabber, brabble, bramble, clabber, dabbler, drabble, gabbler, grabble, rabbled, rabbler, rabbles, slabber, wabbler.
	+2 letters: babblers, barbells, barbicel, barbless, barbules, barrable, bearable, bearably, belabors, belabour, blabbers, brabbled, brabbler, brabbles, brambled, brambles, bribable, burnable, clabbers, curbable, dabblers, drabbled, drabbles, flabbier, gabblers, grabbled, grabbler, grabbles, probable, rabblers, scrabble, slabbers, slabbery, sorbable, wabblers, wabblier.
	+3 letters: abradable, barbicels, belabored, belabours, blabbered, blaeberry, bluebeard, brabblers, bramblier, breakable, burnables, clabbered, grabblers, probables, scrabbled, scrabbler, scrabbles, slabbered, squabbler.
	+4 letters: absorbable, adsorbable, arbitrable, ascribable, belaboring, belaboured, blabbering, blackberry, bluebeards, brambliest, breakables, breathable, bridgeable, butterball, clabbering, improbable, landlubber, numberable, observable, observably, rabblement, rebuttable, scrabblers, scrabblier, scrubbable, slabbering, squabblers, unbearable, unbearably, unburnable.
	+5 letters: bearability, belabouring, bibliolater, billboarded, blackbirded, blackbirder, blaeberries, boatbuilder, broomballer, butterballs, describable, embraceable, flabbergast, landlubbers, nonburnable, observables, perturbable, prebiblical, rabblements, redoubtable, redoubtably, scrabbliest, subumbrella, unbreakable.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.