rabble 音标拼音: [r'æbəl]
n . 乌合之众,起哄的群众,下层社会,拨火棍
vt . 聚众闹事,用拨火棍搅动
乌合之众,起哄的群众,下层社会,拨火棍聚众闹事,用拨火棍搅动
rabble n 1 :
a disorderly crowd of people [
synonym : {
mob }, {
rabble }, {
rout }]
2 :
disparaging terms for the common people [
synonym : {
rabble },
{
riffraff }, {
ragtag }, {
ragtag and bobtail }]
Rabble \
Rab "
ble \,
a .
Of or pertaining to a rabble ;
like ,
or suited to ,
a rabble ;
disorderly ;
vulgar . [
R .] --
Dryden .
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Rabble \
Rab "
ble \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Rabbled } (
r [
a ^]
b "
b '
ld );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Rabbling } (
r [
a ^]
b "
bl [
i ^]
ng ).]
1 .
To insult ,
or assault ,
by a mob ;
to mob ;
as ,
to rabble a curate . --
Macaulay .
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The bishops '
carriages were stopped and the prelates themselves rabbled on their way to the house . --
J .
R .
Green .
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2 .
To utter glibly and incoherently ;
to mouth without intelligence . [
Obs .
or Scot .] --
Foxe .
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3 .
To rumple ;
to crumple . [
Scot .]
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Rabble \
Rab "
ble \ (
r [
a ^]
b "
b '
l ),
n . [
Etymol .
uncertain .] (
Iron Manuf .)
An iron bar ,
with the end bent ,
used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of puddling .
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Rabble \
Rab "
ble \,
v .
t .
To stir or skim with a rabble ,
as molten iron .
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Rabble \
Rab "
ble \,
v .
i . [
Akin to D .
rabbelen ,
Prov .
G .
rabbeln ,
to prattle ,
to chatter :
cf .
L .
rabula a brawling advocate ,
a pettifogger ,
fr .
rabere to rave .
Cf . {
Rage }.]
To speak in a confused manner . [
Prov .
Eng . &
Scot .]
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Rabble \
Rab "
ble \,
n . [
Probably named from the noise made by it (
see {
Rabble },
v .
i .)
cf .
D .
rapalje rabble ,
OF . &
Prov .
F .
rapaille .]
1 .
A tumultuous crowd of vulgar ,
noisy people ;
a mob ;
a confused ,
disorderly throng .
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I saw ,
I say ,
come out of London ,
even unto the presence of the prince ,
a great rabble of mean and light persons . --
Ascham .
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Jupiter ,
Mercury ,
Bacchus ,
Venus ,
Mars ,
and the whole rabble of licentious deities . --
Bp .
Warburton .
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2 .
A confused ,
incoherent discourse ;
a medley of voices ;
a chatter .
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{
The rabble },
the lowest class of people ,
without reference to an assembly ;
the dregs of the people . "
The rabble call him `
lord .'" --
Shak .
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60 Moby Thesaurus words for "
rabble ":
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
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