Definition of RUMBLE

rumble

Plural: rumbles

Noun

  • a loud low dull continuous noise
  • a servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage
  • a fight between rival gangs of adolescents
  • A low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach.
  • 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.

Verb

Verb Forms: rumbled, rumbling, rumbles

  • To make a deep, continuous, rolling sound.
  • make a low noise
  • to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
    • "he grumbled a rude response"
    • "Stones grumbled down the cliff"
  • To make a low, heavy, continuous sound.
  • To discover deceitful or underhanded behaviour.
  • To move while making a rumbling noise.
  • To fight; to brawl.
  • To provide haptic feedback by vibrating.
  • To cause to pass through a rumble, or polishing machine.
  • To murmur; to ripple.

Intj

  • An onomatopoeia describing a rumbling noise

Examples

  • His stomach would RUMBLE loudly as he pondered his next Scrabble move.
  • I could hear the thunder rumbling in the distance.
  • If I don't eat, my stomach will rumble.
  • The police is going to rumble your hideout.
  • The rumble from passing trucks made it hard to sleep at night.
  • The truck rumbled over the rough road.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English rumblen, romblen, rummelyn, frequentative form of romen (“to roar”), equivalent to rome + -le. Cognate with Dutch rommelen (“to rumble”), Low German rummeln (“to rumble”), German rumpeln (“to be noisy”), Danish rumle (“to rumble”), all of imitative origin.

Antonyms

snap

Scrabble Score: 10

rumble: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
rumble: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
rumble: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

rumble: valid Words With Friends Word