Usually means: Disorderly crowd; often lower class.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word rabble:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. rabble: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rabble, the rabble: Merriam-Webster
  3. rabble, the rabble: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. rabble, rabble: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. rabble, the rabble: Collins English Dictionary
  6. rabble: Vocabulary.com
  7. Rabble, rabble, the rabble: Wordnik
  8. rabble, the rabble: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. rabble: Wiktionary
  10. rabble: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. rabble: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. rabble: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Rabble, rabble, the rabble: Dictionary.com
  14. rabble: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. rabble: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Rabble, The Rabble: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Rabble: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. rabble: Rhymezone
  19. rabble: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. rabble: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. rabble, the rabble: FreeDictionary.org
  22. rabble: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. rabble: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. The rabble, rabble: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. rabble: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rabble: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rabble: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See rabbled as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (intransitive) To speak in a confused manner; talk incoherently; utter nonsense
verb:  (transitive) To speak confusedly or incoherently; gabble or chatter out
noun:  (obsolete) A bewildered or meaningless string of words.
noun:  (obsolete) A pack of animals; or any confused collection of things.
noun:  A mob; a disorderly crowd.
noun:  (derogatory) The mass of common people; the lowest class of populace.
noun:  An iron bar used in puddling.
verb:  (transitive) To stir with a rabble.

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