rumble

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌmbəl

Interjection

rumble

1. An onomatopoeia describing a rumbling noise

Noun

rumble (plural rumbles)

1. A low pitched irregular noise, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach.

   The rumble from passing trucks made it hard to sleep at night.

2. (slang) A street fight or brawl.

Translations

low pitched irregular noise.

Czech: rachot m., lomoz m., burácení n., dunění n. Finnish: ryminä, jyrinä, jyry, jytinä, jylinä, jyminä, jymy French: borborygme (fr) m. (stomach), gargouillement (fr) m. (stomach), grondement (fr) m. (thunder)

Hungarian: morgás (hu), dörmögés (hu), dörgés (hu), dörmögés (hu) Norwegian: rumling (no) c. Swedish: dån (sv) n., buller (sv) n.

street fight or brawl

Czech: pouliční rvačka f., pouliční bitka f. Dutch: straatgevecht (nl) n.

Finnish: rähinä (fi), tappelu (fi) Hungarian: bunyó (hu)

Verb

rumble (third-person singular simple present rumbles, present participle rumbling, simple past and past participle rumbled)

1. To make a low pitched noise.

   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.

   The police is going to rumble your hideout.

3. To move while making a rumbling noise.

   The truck rumbled over the rough road.

4. (slang) fight, brawl.

Translations

to make a low pitched noise

Czech: rachotit (cs), lomozit (cs), burácet (cs), dunět (cs), hřmět (cs) Finnish: jyristä (fi), jymistä (fi), rymistä (fi); kurista (fi) (of stomach) French: gronder (fr)

Hungarian: (stomach:) korog (hu), morog (hu), dörmög (hu) Norwegian: rumle (no) !Xóõ: kxʻāa

to discover deceitful or underhanded behaviour

Finnish: ratsata (fi)

to move while making a rumbling noise

Czech: rvát se (cs), servat se (cs)

Finnish: jyristellä (fi), rymistellä (fi), rymistää (fi), rymytä (fi)

to fight, brawl

Finnish: rähinöidä (fi), ottaa yhteen (fi) Hungarian: bunyózik (hu)

Japanese: 怒る (ja) (いかる, ikaru) Portuguese: brigar (pt)

Anagrams

• lumber
• umbrel