Words that rhyme with rabble

• apple 0
  n 1: fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh 2: native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits [syn: apple, orchard apple tree, Malus pumila]
• astraddle 0
  adv 1: with one leg on each side; "she sat astride the chair" [syn: astride, astraddle]
• babble 0
  n 1: gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby [syn: babble, babbling, lallation] v 1: utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way; "The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention" 2: to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby" [syn: babble, blather, smatter, blether, blither] 3: flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks" [syn: ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle] 4: divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out] [ant: keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth]
• bagel 0
  n 1: (Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust [syn: bagel, beigel]
• battle 0
  n 1: a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement" [syn: battle, conflict, fight, engagement] 2: an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition" [syn: struggle, battle] 3: an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"-- Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs" [syn: conflict, struggle, battle] v 1: battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget" [syn: battle, combat]
• bedraggle 0
  v 1: make wet and dirty, as from rain [syn: bedraggle, draggle]
• brattle 0
  v 1: make a rattling sound; "clattering dishes" [syn: clatter, clack, brattle]
• bubble 0
  n 1: a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide) 2: a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control; "his proposal was nothing but a house of cards"; "a real estate bubble" [syn: house of cards, bubble] 3: an impracticable and illusory idea; "he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble" 4: a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic v 1: form, produce, or emit bubbles; "The soup was bubbling" 2: flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks" [syn: ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle] 3: rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles; "bubble to the surface" 4: cause to form bubbles; "bubble gas through a liquid" 5: expel gas from the stomach; "In China it is polite to burp at the table" [syn: burp, bubble, belch, eruct]
• cackle 0
  n 1: the sound made by a hen after laying an egg 2: noisy talk [syn: yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle] 3: a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle v 1: talk or utter in a cackling manner; "The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine" 2: squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens 3: emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing
• cattle 0
  n 1: domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen" [syn: cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus]
• chapel 0
  n 1: a place of worship that has its own altar 2: a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar; "he was late for chapel" [syn: chapel service, chapel]
• chattel 0
  n 1: personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc) [syn: chattel, personal chattel, movable]
• crackle 0
  adj 1: having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware; "a crackle glaze" n 1: the sharp sound of snapping noises [syn: crackle, crackling, crepitation] 2: glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface [syn: crackle, crackleware, crackle china] v 1: make a crackling sound; "My Rice Krispies crackled in the bowl" [syn: crepitate, crackle] 2: make a crushing noise; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel" [syn: crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle] 3: to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks; "The blazing sun crackled the desert sand"
• dabble 0
  v 1: dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid 2: play in or as if in water, as of small children [syn: dabble, paddle, splash around] 3: work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money" [syn: dabble, smatter, play around] 4: bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water; "dabbling ducks"
• dapple 0
  n 1: a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" [syn: spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation] v 1: colour with streaks or blotches of different shades [syn: mottle, dapple, cloud]
• double 0
  adv 1: downward and forward; "he was bent double with pain" 2: two together; "some people sleep better double" 3: to double the degree; "she was doubly rewarded"; "his eyes were double bright" [syn: doubly, double, twice] adj 1: having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison [syn: double, dual, twofold, two-fold, treble, threefold, three-fold] 2: consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs; "an egg with a double yolk"; "a double (binary) star"; "double doors"; "dual controls for pilot and copilot"; "duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure" [syn: double, dual, duple] 3: twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is doubled"; "a twofold increase" [syn: double, doubled, twofold, two-fold] 4: used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements; "double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical" [ant: single] 5: used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis [syn: bivalent, double] [ant: multivalent, univalent] 6: large enough for two; "a double bed"; "a double room" 7: having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue" [syn: double, forked] n 1: a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base; "he hit a double to deep centerfield" [syn: double, two- base hit, two-bagger, two-baser] 2: a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts; "his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable" [syn: double, stunt man, stunt woman] 3: someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her mother" [syn: double, image, look-alike] 4: a quantity that is twice as great as another; "36 is the double of 18" 5: raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2; "I decided his double was a bluff" [syn: doubling, double] v 1: increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years" [syn: double, duplicate] 2: hit a two-base hit 3: bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain; "He doubled and vomited violently" [syn: double over, double, double up] 4: do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions; "She doubles as his wife and secretary" 5: bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit) 6: make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick" [syn: duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate]
• gabble 0
  n 1: rapid and indistinct speech [syn: jabber, jabbering, gabble] v 1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]
• redouble 0
  v 1: double in magnitude, extent, or intensity; "The enemy redoubled their screaming on the radio" 2: double again; "The noise doubled and redoubled" 3: make twice as great or intense; "The screaming redoubled"
• scrabble 0
  n 1: an aimless drawing [syn: scribble, scrabble, doodle] 2: a board game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a value and those values are used to score the game v 1: feel searchingly; "She groped for his keys in the dark" [syn: grope for, scrabble] 2: write down quickly without much attention to detail [syn: scribble, scrabble]
• scrapple 0
  n 1: scraps of meat (usually pork) boiled with cornmeal and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying
• shackle 0
  n 1: a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) [syn: shackle, bond, hamper, trammel] 2: a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar v 1: bind the arms of [syn: pinion, shackle] 2: restrain with fetters [syn: fetter, shackle]
• spackle 0
  n 1: powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster [syn: spackle, spackling compound]
• straddle 0
  n 1: a noncommittal or equivocal position 2: a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars 3: the act of sitting or standing astride [syn: straddle, span] 4: the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options v 1: sit or stand astride of 2: range or extend over; occupy a certain area; "The plants straddle the entire state" [syn: range, straddle] 3: be noncommittal
• straggle 0
  n 1: a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons); "a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of followers" v 1: wander from a direct or straight course [syn: sidetrack, depart, digress, straggle] 2: go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far" [syn: sprawl, straggle]
• stubble 0
  n 1: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds [syn: chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble] 2: short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days
• table 0
  n 1: a set of data arranged in rows and columns; "see table 1" [syn: table, tabular array] 2: a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs; "it was a sturdy table" 3: a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it; "I reserved a table at my favorite restaurant" 4: flat tableland with steep edges; "the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water" [syn: mesa, table] 5: a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game; "he entertained the whole table with his witty remarks" 6: food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board" [syn: board, table] v 1: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off] 2: arrange or enter in tabular form [syn: table, tabularize, tabularise, tabulate]
• tackle 0
  n 1: the person who plays that position on a football team; "the right tackle is a straight A student" 2: gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails [syn: rigging, tackle] 3: gear used in fishing [syn: fishing gear, tackle, fishing tackle, fishing rig, rig] 4: (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage; "it takes a big man to play tackle" 5: (American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground v 1: accept as a challenge; "I'll tackle this difficult task" [syn: undertake, tackle, take on] 2: put a harness; "harness the horse" [syn: harness, tackle] [ant: unharness] 3: seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball
• trouble 0
  n 1: a source of difficulty; "one trouble after another delayed the job"; "what's the problem?" [syn: trouble, problem] 2: an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" [syn: fuss, trouble, bother, hassle] 3: an event causing distress or pain; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble" 4: an effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty" [syn: trouble, difficulty] 5: a strong feeling of anxiety; "his worry over the prospect of being fired"; "it is not work but worry that kills"; "he wanted to die and end his troubles" [syn: worry, trouble] 6: an unwanted pregnancy; "he got several girls in trouble" v 1: move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" [syn: disturb, upset, trouble] 2: to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..." [syn: trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother] 3: disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" [syn: perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder] 4: take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please" [syn: trouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneself] 5: cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed [syn: trouble, ail, pain]
• babel 0
  n 1: (Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another [syn: Tower of Babel, Babel] 2: a confusion of voices and other sounds
• brabble 0
  v 1: argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies" [syn: quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble]
• schnabel 0
  n 1: United States composer (born in Austria) and pianist noted for his interpretations of the works of Mozart and Beethoven and Schubert (1882-1951) [syn: Schnabel, Artur Schnabel]
• psychobabble 0
  n 1: using language loaded with psychological terminology
• nubble 0
  n 1: a small lump or protuberance [syn: nub, nubble]
• hubble 0
  n 1: United States astronomer who discovered that (as the universe expands) the speed with which nebulae recede increases with their distance from the observer (1889-1953) [syn: Hubble, Edwin Hubble, Edwin Powell Hubble]
• drabble 0
• grabble 0
• statal 0
• crabill 0
• fabel 0
• grabel 0
• habel 0
• kabel 0
• krabill 0
• rabel 0
• schabel 0
• vrabel 0
• bedabble 0
• beall 0
• gabelle 0

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