rumble
See also: Rumble
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "British" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /ˈɹʌmb(ə)l/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌmbəl
Noun
rumble (plural rumbles) Template:examples-right
- 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.
- (slang) A street fight or brawl.
- A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
- (dated) A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.
- (Can we date this quote by Charles Dickens and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Kit, well wrapped, […] was in the rumble behind.
- (Can we date this quote by Charles Dickens and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
Translations
low, heavy, continuous sound
|
street fight or brawl
|
Verb
Lua error in Module:en-headword at line 1152: Legacy parameter 1=STEM no longer supported, just use 'en-verb' without params
- (intransitive) To make a low, heavy, continuous sound.
- If I don't eat, my stomach will rumble.
- I could hear the thunder rumbling in the distance.
- (transitive) To discover deceitful or underhanded behaviour.
- The police is going to rumble your hideout.
- (intransitive) To move while making a rumbling noise.
- The truck rumbled over the rough road.
- (slang, intransitive) To fight; to brawl.
- (video games, intransitive) Of a game controller: to provide haptic feedback by vibrating.
- (transitive) To cause to pass through a rumble, or polishing machine.
- (obsolete) To murmur; to ripple.
- (Can we date this quote by Spenser and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- to rumble gently down with murmur soft
- (Can we date this quote by Spenser and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
Translations
to make a low pitched noise
|
to discover deceitful or underhanded behaviour
|
to move while making a rumbling noise
|
to fight, brawl
Interjection
rumble
- An onomatopoeia describing a rumbling noise
Anagrams
Categories:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms suffixed with -le
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ʌmbəl
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English slang
- English dated terms
- Requests for date/Charles Dickens
- English intransitive verbs
- English transitive verbs
- en:Video games
- English terms with obsolete senses
- Requests for date/Spenser
- English interjections
- en:Sound
- en:Violence