English Dictionary: rumble | by the DICT Development Group |
4 results for rumble | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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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. |