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Webster 1913 Edition
Rumble
Rum′ble
,Verb.
I.
[OE.
romblen
, akin to D. rommelen
, G. rumpeln
, Dan. rumle
; cf. Icel. rymja
to roar.] 1.
To make a low, heavy, continued sound;
as, the thunder
. rumbles
at a distanceIn the mean while the skies ’gan
rumble
sore. Surrey.
The people cried and
rombled
up and down. Chaucer.
2.
To murmur; to ripple.
To
rumble
gently down with murmur soft. Spenser.
Rum′ble
,Noun.
1.
A noisy report; rumor.
[Obs.]
Delighting ever in
rumble
that is new. Chaucer.
2.
A low, heavy, continuous sound like that made by heavy wagons or the reverberation of thunder; a confused noise;
as, the
. rumble
of a railroad trainClamor and
rumble
, and ringing and clatter. Tennyson.
Merged in the
rumble
of awakening day. H. James.
3.
A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.
Kit, well wrapped, . . . was in the
rumble
behind. Dickens.
4.
A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rumble
RUM'BLE
,Verb.
I.
To make a low, heavy, continued sound; as thunder rumbles at a distance, but when near, its sound is sharp and rattling. A heavy carriage rumbles on the pavement.
Definition 2024
rumble
rumble
English
Alternative forms
- rummle, rommle (dialectal)
Interjection
rumble
- An onomatopoeia describing a rumbling noise
Noun
rumble (plural rumbles)
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- A low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach.
- The rumble from passing trucks made it hard to sleep at night.
- (slang) A street fight or brawl.
- A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
- (dated) A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.
- Charles Dickens
- Kit, well wrapped, […] was in the rumble behind.
- Charles Dickens
Translations
low, heavy, continuous sound
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street fight or brawl
Verb
rumble (third-person singular simple present rumbles, present participle rumbling, simple past and past participle rumbled)
- To make a low, heavy, continuous sound.
- If I don't eat, my stomach will rumble.
- I could hear the thunder rumbling in the distance.
- To discover deceitful or underhanded behaviour.
- The police is going to rumble your hideout.
- To move while making a rumbling noise.
- The truck rumbled over the rough road.
- (slang) To fight; to brawl.
- (transitive) To cause to pass through a rumble, or polishing machine.
- (obsolete) To murmur; to ripple.
- Spenser
- to rumble gently down with murmur soft
- Spenser
Translations
to make a low pitched noise
to discover deceitful or underhanded behaviour
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to move while making a rumbling noise
to fight, brawl