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In some senses, rumble is marked as slang, dated. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
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.
A street fight or brawl.
A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.
Kit, well wrapped, […] was in the rumble behind.
"I never was so sorry for any thing as for Mr. Glentworth's death," said Isabella Granard, endeavouring to screen her face from a small, sharp rain, to which her place in the rumble of a travelling carriage left her quite exposed.
verb
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 discover deceitful or underhanded behaviour.
The police is going to rumble your hideout.
To move while making a rumbling noise.
The truck rumbled over the rough road.
As the train rumbled slowly over the Forth Bridge, the western sky was aflame with a particularly gorgeous sunset, and lights were twinkling from the small craft riding at anchor on the calm waters of the firth.
To fight; to brawl.
To provide haptic feedback by vibrating.
intj
An onomatopoeia describing a rumbling noise