Rumble : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Rumble	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rumble n a loud low dull continuous noise; "they heard the rumbling of thunder" Synonym(s): rumble, rumbling, grumble, grumbling a servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage a fight between rival gangs of adolescents Synonym(s): rumble, gang fight v make a low noise; "rumbling thunder" [syn: rumble, grumble] to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds; "he grumbled a rude response"; "Stones grumbled down the cliff" Synonym(s): grumble, growl, rumble
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rumble \Rum"ble\, v. i. [OE. romblen, akin to D. rommelen, G. rumpeln, Dan. rumle; cf. Icel. rymja to roar.] 1. To make a low, heavy, continued sound; as, the thunder rumbles at a distance. In the mean while the skies 'gan rumble sore. --Surrey. The people cried and rombled up and down. --Chaucer. 2. To murmur; to ripple. To rumble gently down with murmur soft. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rumble \Rum"ble\, n. 1. A noisy report; rumor. [Obs.] Delighting ever in rumble that is new. --Chaucer. 2. A low, heavy, continuous sound like that made by heavy wagons or the reverberation of thunder; a confused noise; as, the rumble of a railroad train. Clamor and rumble, and ringing and clatter. --Tennyson. Merged in the rumble of awakening day. --H. James. 3. A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage. Kit, well wrapped, . . . was in the rumble behind. --Dickens. 4. A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rumble \Rum"ble\, v. t. To cause to pass through a rumble, or shaking machine. See {Rumble}, n., 4.