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rumble
[ ruhm-buhl ]
verb (used without object)
- to make a deep, heavy, somewhat muffled, continuous sound, as thunder.
Synonyms: , , ,
- 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)
- 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.
noun
- a deep, heavy, somewhat muffled, continuous sound:
the rumble of tanks across a bridge.
- 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.
rumble
/ ˈʌə /
verb
- to make or cause to make a deep resonant sound
thunder rumbled in the sky
- to move with such a sound
the train rumbled along
- tr to utter with a rumbling sound
he rumbled an order
- tr to tumble (metal components, gemstones, etc) in a barrel of smooth stone in order to polish them
- informal.tr to find out about (someone or something); discover (something)
the police rumbled their plans
- slang.intr to be involved in a gang fight
noun
- a deep resonant sound
- a widespread murmur of discontent
- another name for tumbler
- slang.a gang fight
Derived Forms
- ˈܳԲ, adjective
- ˈܳ, noun
- ˈܳԲly, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ܳb noun
- ܳbԲ· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of rumble1
Word History and Origins
Origin of rumble1
Example Sentences
As the strike rumbles on, national government ministers have also voiced concerns over the situation in the UK's second largest city.
Elephants can speak to each other using infrasonic rumbles — sounds that humans are incapable of hearing — that travel long distances and warn other nearby elephants of potential danger.
The North Wales plot was rumbled by police eavesdropping the gang's electronic communications on EncroChat.
Today, debris removal trucks rumble along the road, clearing the way for future reconstruction.
That question is at the centre of a dispute that is continuing to rumble on the Caribbean island, as some producers wish to strengthen rules on what can, and cannot, be called "Jamaica rum".
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