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rumble |
4 definitions found 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. 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rumble n 1: a loud low dull continuous noise; "they heard the rumbling of thunder" [syn: {rumbling}, {grumble}, {grumbling}] 2: a servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage 3: a fight between rival gangs of adolescents [syn: {gang fight}] v 1: make a low noise, as of thunder [syn: {grumble}] 2: to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds: "he grumbled a rude response." "Stones grumbled down the cliff" [syn: {grumble}, {growl}]
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