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rumble.

A low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɹʌmb(ə)l/Southern-England, US/ˈɹɐmb(ə)l/Australia, New-Zealand/ˈɹʊmb(ə)l/Northern-England/ˈɾʌmb(ə)l/Scotland, Wales

  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. A street fight or brawl.

    slang

  3. A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.

  4. A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.

    dated
Where this word comes from

From Middle English rumblen, romblen, rummelyn, frequentative form of romen (“to roar”), equivalent to rome + -le. Cognate with Dutch rommelen (“to rumble”), Low German rummeln (“to rumble”), German rumpeln (“to be noisy”), Danish rumle (“to rumble”), all of imitative origin. Compare typologically Russian громи́ть (gromítʹ), погро́м (pogróm), разгро́м (razgróm) (akin to гром (grom), греме́ть (gremétʹ), громыха́ть (gromyxátʹ)). Also compare гро́хнуть (gróxnutʹ) (akin to гро́хот (gróxot)).

verb/ˈɹʌmb(ə)l/Southern-England, US/ˈɹɐmb(ə)l/Australia, New-Zealand/ˈɹʊmb(ə)l/Northern-England/ˈɾʌmb(ə)l/Scotland, Wales

  1. To make a low, heavy, continuous sound.

    intransitive
    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.

    transitive
    The police is going to rumble your hideout.

  3. To move while making a rumbling noise.

    intransitive
    The truck rumbled over the rough road.

  4. To fight; to brawl.

    intransitive · slang

  5. To provide haptic feedback by vibrating.

    intransitive

  6. To cause to pass through a rumble, or polishing machine.

    transitive

  7. To murmur; to ripple.

    intransitive · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English rumblen, romblen, rummelyn, frequentative form of romen (“to roar”), equivalent to rome + -le. Cognate with Dutch rommelen (“to rumble”), Low German rummeln (“to rumble”), German rumpeln (“to be noisy”), Danish rumle (“to rumble”), all of imitative origin. Compare typologically Russian громи́ть (gromítʹ), погро́м (pogróm), разгро́м (razgróm) (akin to гром (grom), греме́ть (gremétʹ), громыха́ть (gromyxátʹ)). Also compare гро́хнуть (gróxnutʹ) (akin to гро́хот (gróxot)).

intj/ˈɹʌmb(ə)l/Southern-England, US/ˈɹɐmb(ə)l/Australia, New-Zealand/ˈɹʊmb(ə)l/Northern-England/ˈɾʌmb(ə)l/Scotland, Wales

  1. An onomatopoeia describing a rumbling noise

Where this word comes from

From Middle English rumblen, romblen, rummelyn, frequentative form of romen (“to roar”), equivalent to rome + -le. Cognate with Dutch rommelen (“to rumble”), Low German rummeln (“to rumble”), German rumpeln (“to be noisy”), Danish rumle (“to rumble”), all of imitative origin. Compare typologically Russian громи́ть (gromítʹ), погро́м (pogróm), разгро́м (razgróm) (akin to гром (grom), греме́ть (gremétʹ), громыха́ть (gromyxátʹ)). Also compare гро́хнуть (gróxnutʹ) (akin to гро́хот (gróxot)).

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