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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 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

,
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 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

,
Verb.
T.
To cause to pass through a rumble, or shaking machine. See
Rumble
,
Noun.
, 4.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rumble

RUM'BLE

,
Verb.
I.
[Heb., Gr., L. fremo.]
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

Interjection

rumble

  1. An onomatopoeia describing a rumbling noise

Noun

rumble (plural rumbles)

Examples
  1. 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.
  2. (slang) A street fight or brawl.
  3. A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
  4. (dated) A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.
    • Charles Dickens
      Kit, well wrapped, [] was in the rumble behind.

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Verb

rumble (third-person singular simple present rumbles, present participle rumbling, simple past and past participle rumbled)

  1. 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.
  2. To discover deceitful or underhanded behaviour.
    The police is going to rumble your hideout.
  3. To move while making a rumbling noise.
    The truck rumbled over the rough road.
  4. (slang) To fight; to brawl.
  5. (transitive) To cause to pass through a rumble, or polishing machine.
  6. (obsolete) To murmur; to ripple.
    • Spenser
      to rumble gently down with murmur soft

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