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Meaning of 'rumble' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Rumble [ n.]
- A noisy report; rumor.
- 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.
- A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.
- A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
2 . Rumble [ v. i.]
- To make a low, heavy, continued sound; as, the thunder rumbles at a distance.
- To murmur; to ripple.
3 . Rumble [ v. t.]
- To cause to pass through a rumble, or shaking machine. See Rumble, n., 4.

Meaning of 'rumble' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . rumble [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a loud low dull continuous noise
Example in sentence:
  • they heard the rumbling of thunder
2 . rumble [ v]
Meaning (2):
- to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
Example in sentence:
  • he grumbled a rude response;
  • Stones grumbled down the cliff
Meaning (3):
- make a low noise
Example in sentence:
  • rumbling thunder

Nearby Words:

rum rumbler rumbling rumblingly rumbo rumbowline rumen rumicin ruminal ruminant

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