Sekirov Dictionary

rumble

/ˈɹʌmb(ə)l/

verb 7
noun 4
exclamation 1
forms 4
phrases 1

verb7

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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.
•
To move while making a rumbling noise.
- The truck rumbled over the rough road.
•
To discover deceitful or underhanded behaviour.
- The police is going to rumble your hideout.
To provide haptic feedback by vibrating.
(slang) To fight; to brawl.
To cause to pass through a rumble, or polishing machine.
•
(no longer used) To murmur; to ripple.
- The trembling streams which wont in channels clear To rumble gently down with murmur soft,[…] — 1580

noun4

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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.
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(old-fashioned) A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.
- Kit, well wrapped, […] was in the rumble behind. — 1840
A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.

exclamation1

An onomatopoeia describing a rumbling noise

forms

rumbled · rumbling · rumbles · rumbleth

Phrases with rumble

rumble on
To continue for too long, especially of a debate or discussion that has little likelihood of reaching an acceptable conclusion.

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