rumble

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

Singular
rumble

Plural
rumbles

rumble (plural rumbles)

  1. A low pitched irregular noise.
    The rumble from passing trucks made it hard to sleep at night.
  2. (slang) A street fight or brawl.

[edit] Translations

low pitched irregular noise.
street fight or brawl

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to rumble

Third person singular
rumbles

Simple past
rumbled

Past participle
rumbled

Present participle
rumbling

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

  1. To make a low pitched noise.
    I better eat or my stomach's gonna rumble.
  2. To discover deceitful or underhanded behaviour.
    The police is gonna rumble your hideout.
  3. To move while making a rumbling noise.
    The truck rumbled over the rough road.
  4. (slang) fight, brawl.

[edit] Translations

to make a low pitched noise
to discover deceitful or underhanded behaviour
to move while making a rumbling noise
to fight, brawl

[edit] Anagrams

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