rabbling

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noun

An uprising; a riot by a mob.

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Meanings

nounrabbling (plural rabblings)

plural rabblings

  1. An uprising; a riot by a mob.

    Nane were keener against it than the Glasgow folk, wi' their rabblings and their risings, and their mobs, […]

    1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter [XIV], in Rob Roy. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 311
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of rabble

Origin

From rabble + -ing.

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APA

rabbling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rabbling

MLA

“rabbling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rabbling. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rabbling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rabbling.

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