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Rumble

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Noun

1. grumble, grumbling, rumble, rumbling

a loud low dull continuous noise

Example Sentences:
'they heard the rumbling of thunder'

2. rumble

a servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage

3. gang fight, rumble

a fight between rival gangs of adolescents

Verb

4. grumble, rumble

make a low noise

Example Sentences:
'rumbling thunder'

5. growl, grumble, rumble

to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds

Example Sentences:
'he grumbled a rude response'
'Stones grumbled down the cliff'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Rumble

see synonyms of rumble
verb
1. 
to make or cause to make a deep resonant sound
thunder rumbled in the sky
2. 
to move with such a sound
the train rumbled along
3. (transitive)
to utter with a rumbling sound
he rumbled an order
4. (transitive)
to tumble (metal components, gemstones, etc) in a barrel of smooth stone in order to polish them
5. (transitive) British informal
to find out about (someone or something); discover (something)
the police rumbled their plans
6. (intransitive) US slang
to be involved in a gang fight
noun
7. 
a deep resonant sound
8. 
a widespread murmur of discontent
9.  another word for tumbler (sense 4)
10. US, Canadian and New Zealand slang
a gang fight

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Rumble

see synonyms of rumble
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈrumbled or ˈrumbling
1. 
to make a deep, heavy, continuous, rolling sound, as thunder
2. 
to move or go with such a sound
3.  Slang
to participate in a rumble (sense 11)
verb transitive
4. 
to cause to make, or move with, such a sound
5. 
to utter or say with such a sound
6. 
to polish, mix, etc. in a rumble, or tumbling box
noun
7. 
a deep, heavy, continuous, rolling sound
8. 
a widespread expression of discontent or restiveness
9. 
a space for luggage or a small extra seat, as for servants, in the rear of a carriage
10. 
tumbling box
11.  US, Slang
a fight between gangs, esp. of teenagers

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Rumble

see synonyms of rumble
v. rum·bled, rum·bling, rum·bles
v.intr.
1. To make a deep, long, rolling sound.
2. To move or proceed with a deep, long, rolling sound.
3. Slang To engage in a gang fight.
v.tr.
1. To utter with a deep, long, rolling sound.
2. To polish or mix (metal parts) in a tumbling box.
n.
1. A deep, long, rolling sound.
2. A tumbling box.
3. A luggage compartment or servant's seat in the rear of a carriage.
4. Slang
a. Pervasive, widespread expression of unrest or dissatisfaction.
b. A gang fight.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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