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Go to the homepage rumble English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese English Dictionary Thesaurus Sentences Conjugation Grammar Definition of 'rumble' rumble (rʌmbəl IPA Pronunciation Guide) Word forms: plural 3rd person singular present tense rumbles present participle rumbling past tense past participle rumbled 1. COUNTABLE NOUN A rumble is a low continuous noise. The silence of the night was punctuated by the distant rumble of traffic. [ of] The rain was teeming down and she thought she heard a rumble of thunder. 2. VERB If a vehicle rumbles somewhere it moves slowly forward while making a low continuous noise. A bus rumbled along the road at the top of the path. [VERB adverb/preposition] A line of tractors rumbled onto the motorway through a cordon of police. [VERB adverb/preposition] The air reeked of kerosene and huge aircraft rumbled overhead. [VERB adverb/preposition] 3. COUNTABLE NOUN [oft NOUN of noun] If you refer to the rumble of someone's voice you mean their voice sounds very low making it hard to hear exactly what they are saying. A rumble of voices deep and lulling vibrated over the whole scene. 4. VERB If something rumbles it makes a low

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rumble
(rʌmbəl IPA Pronunciation Guide)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense rumbles, present participle rumbling, past tense, past participle rumbled
1. COUNTABLE NOUN
A rumble is a low continuous noise.
The silence of the night was punctuated by the distant rumble of traffic. [+ of]
The rain was teeming down and she thought she heard a rumble of thunder.
2. VERB
If a vehicle rumbles somewhere, it moves slowly forward while making a low continuous noise.
A bus rumbled along the road at the top of the path. [VERB adverb/preposition]
A line of tractors rumbled onto the motorway through a cordon of police. [VERB adverb/preposition]
The air reeked of kerosene and huge aircraft rumbled overhead. [VERB adverb/preposition]
3. COUNTABLE NOUN [oft NOUN of noun]
If you refer to the rumble of someone's voice, you mean their voice sounds very low, making it hard to hear exactly what they are saying.
A rumble of voices, deep and lulling, vibrated over the whole scene.
4. VERB
If something rumbles, it makes a low, continuous noise.
The sky, swollen like a black bladder, rumbled and crackled. [VERB]
Speeches rumbled within the walls of the churches. [VERB]
5. VERB
If your stomach rumbles, it makes a vibrating noise, usually because you are hungry.
Her stomach rumbled. She hadn't eaten any breakfast. [VERB]
6. VERB [usually passive]
If someone is rumbled, the truth about them or something they were trying to hide is discovered.
[British, informal]
When his fraud was rumbled he had just £20.17 in the bank. [be VERB-ed]
Phrasal verbs:
See rumble on
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(ˈrʌmbəl IPA Pronunciation Guide)
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. slang, mainly US
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. slang, mainly US
a gang fight
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Derived forms
rumbler (ˈrumbler) NOUN
rumbling (ˈrumbling) ADJECTIVE
rumblingly (ˈrumblingly) ADVERB
Word origin
C14: perhaps from Middle Dutch rummelen; related to German rummeln, rumpeln
rumble
in American English
(ˈrʌmbəl)
VERB INTRANSITIVE
Word 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.
Derived forms
rumbler (ˈrumbler) NOUN
rumblingly (ˈrumblingly) ADVERB
rumbly (ˈrumbly) ADJECTIVE
Word origin
ME romblen, prob. < MDu rommelen < IE base *reu- > rune, rumor
rumble
in American English
(ˈrʌmbəl) (verb -bled, -bling)
INTRANSITIVE VERB
1. to make a deep, heavy, somewhat muffled, continuous sound, as thunder
2. to move or travel with such a sound
The train rumbled on
3. slang
to have or take part in a street fight between or among teenage gangs
Rival gangs rumbled on Saturday afternoon
TRANSITIVE VERB
4. to give forth or utter with a rumbling sound
to rumble a command
5. to cause to make or move with a rumbling sound
to rumble a wagon over the ground
6. to subject to the action of a rumble or tumbling box, as for the purpose of polishing
NOUN
7. a deep, heavy, somewhat muffled, continuous sound
the rumble of tanks across a bridge
8. See rumble seat
9. a rear part of a carriage containing seating accommodations, as for servants, or space for baggage
10. See tumbling box
11. slang
a street fight between rival teenage gangs
SYNONYMS
1. roar, thunder, roll, boom.
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Derived forms
rumbler NOUN
rumblingly ADVERB
Word origin
[1325–75; 1940–45 for def. 3; (v.) ME romblen, rumblen; cf. D rommelen, prob. of imit. orig.; (n.) ME, deriv. of the v.]
Examples of 'rumble' in a sentence
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Internal thunders rumble and subside through the score.
The Guardian (2016)
These are a vanity project that has been well and truly rumbled.
The Guardian (2016)
That is because this situation has been rumbling on for almost three months.
The Guardian (2018)
Which is very good news for my rumbling stomach.
The Guardian (2019)
It could rumble on for years.
The Guardian (2020)
But there were also many rumbles of discontent.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It was a rumbling noise that continued for about ten seconds.
Eaton, John P & Haas, Charles A Titanic - Destination disaster (1987)
Do you hear that rumbling sound?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There was another huge rumbling, deep and guttural.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Yet again, rumbling thunder provides the soundtrack.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
COBUILD Collocations
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stomach rumbles
thunder rumbles
train rumbles
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British English: rumble noun /ˈrʌmbl/
A rumble is a low continuous noise.
The silence of the night was punctuated by the distant rumble of traffic.
American English: rumble /ˈrʌmbəl/
Brazilian Portuguese: estrondo
Chinese: 隆隆声
European Spanish: ruido de fondo
French: grondement
German: Rumpeln
Italian: rombo
Japanese: ゴロゴロという音
Korean: 우르릉거리는 소리
European Portuguese: estrondo
Latin American Spanish: ruido de fondo
Thai: ดังกระหึ่ม
British English: rumble verb /ˈrʌmbl/
If a vehicle rumbles somewhere, it moves slowly forward while making a low continuous noise.
A bus rumbled along the road at the top of the path.
American English: rumble /ˈrʌmbəl/
Brazilian Portuguese: ressoar
Chinese: 隆隆地跑过
European Spanish: retumbar
French: gronder
German: rumpeln
Italian: rombare
Japanese: ゴロゴロという音を立てながら進む
Korean: 덜컹거리는 소리를 내다
European Portuguese: ressoar
Latin American Spanish: retumbar
Thai: เคลื่อนที่เสียงดัง

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