Meaning of RUMBLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'rumbl
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- [n] a fight between rival gangs of adolescents
- [n] a servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage
- [n] a loud low dull continuous noise; "they heard the rumbling of thunder"
- [v] to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds; "he grumbled a rude response."; "Stones grumbled down the cliff"
- [v] make a low noise, as of thunder
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| | Synonyms: | | gang fight, growl, grumble, grumble, grumble, grumbling, rumbling |
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| | See Also: | | carriage, combat, emit, equipage, fight, fighting, go, let loose, let out, noise, rig, seat, sound, utter | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Rum"ble\, v. 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 distance.
In 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\, n.
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 train.
Clamor 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.
\Rum"ble\, v. t.
To cause to pass through a rumble, or shaking machine. See
{Rumble}, n., 4.
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