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[ ruhm-buhl ] / ˈrʌm bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR rumble ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used without object), rum·bled, rum·bling.to make a deep, heavy, somewhat muffled, continuous sound, as thunder. to move or travel with such a sound: The train rumbled on. Slang. to have or take part in a street fight between or among teenage gangs: Rival gangs rumbled on Saturday afternoon. verb (used with object), rum·bled, rum·bling.to give forth or utter with a rumbling sound: to rumble a command. to cause to make or move with a rumbling sound: to rumble a wagon over the ground. to subject to the action of a rumble or tumbling box, as for the purpose of polishing. nouna deep, heavy, somewhat muffled, continuous sound: the rumble of tanks across a bridge. rumble seat. a rear part of a carriage containing seating accommodations, as for servants, or space for baggage. a tumbling box. Slang. a street fight between rival teenage gangs. Origin of rumbleFirst recorded in 1325–75; Middle English verb romblen, rumblen; compare Dutch rommelen, probably imitative of the sound; 1940–45 for def. 3 SYNONYMS FOR rumble1 roar, thunder, roll, boom. SEE SYNONYMS FOR rumble ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM rumblerumbler, nounrum·bling·ly, adverbWords nearby rumblerumaki, rumal, Rumania, Rumanian, rumba, rumble, rumble seat, rumble strip, rumbling, rumbly, rumbustious Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rumbleTheir lowest notes were also higher compared to country birds in nearby Marin County because they needed to be heard above the low rumble of traffic. Bird songs got sexier during the COVID-19 shutdown|Ula Chrobak|September 24, 2020|Popular Science Over the past week, Sony Pictures Entertainment has received more body blows than Muhammad Ali during the Rumble in the Jungle. Sony: Hollywood’s Most Subversive Studio Under Attack|Marlow Stern|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Artillery and mortar duels all around the outskirts of Donetsk rumble angrily every day. Should the U.S. Arm Ukraine’s Militias?|Jamie Dettmer|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST As we approach the rumble of guns grows louder and alternates with the whir of cannonballs, which begin to attract his attention. How Clausewitz Invented Modern War|James A. Warren|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The rumble of the buildings coming down was like a thousand jets taking off at once. The Resilient City: New York After 9/11|John Avlon|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST There were flashes of lightning outside and the rumble of thunder. The Gentle Giant Cut Down by Cops|Michael Daly|July 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST His ears were full of a rumble of traffic and a clacking of heels as people walked briskly by along the damp pavements. Three Soldiers|John Dos Passos What capital, were it even in London, could rumble around it as tumultuously as Macbeth's perturbed soul? Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 1 of 14|Elbert Hubbard The empty cars rolled lightly on the single track; there was no rumble of wheels, no tremor of the ground. Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard|Joseph Conrad There was no sound except the rumble of a far-off government mule team and the lazy buzz of flies. John Ermine of the Yellowstone|Frederic Remington A few minutes later she heard once more the rumble of wheels on the road. The Story Of Waitstill Baxter|By Kate Douglas Wiggin
British Dictionary definitions for rumble
verbto make or cause to make a deep resonant soundthunder rumbled in the sky to move with such a soundthe train rumbled along (tr) to utter with a rumbling soundhe rumbled an order (tr) to tumble (metal components, gemstones, etc) in a barrel of smooth stone in order to polish them (tr) British informal to find out about (someone or something); discover (something)the police rumbled their plans (intr) US slang to be involved in a gang fight nouna deep resonant sound a widespread murmur of discontent another name for tumbler (def. 4) US, Canadian and NZ slang a gang fight Derived forms of rumblerumbler, nounrumbling, adjectiverumblingly, adverbWord Origin for rumbleC14: perhaps from Middle Dutch rummelen; related to German rummeln, rumpeln Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to rumbleroar, resound, grumble, boom, roll |