Rumble
['rʌmb(ə)l] or ['rʌmbl]
Definition
(noun.) a fight between rival gangs of adolescents.
(noun.) a servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage.
(noun.) a loud low dull continuous noise; 'they heard the rumbling of thunder'.
(verb.) make a low noise; 'rumbling thunder'.
Editor: Manuel--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To make a low, heavy, continued sound; as, the thunder rumbles at a distance.
(v. i.) To murmur; to ripple.
(n.) A noisy report; rumor.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.
(n.) A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
(v. t.) To cause to pass through a rumble, or shaking machine. See Rumble, n., 4.
Editor: Stu
Definition
v.i. to make a confused noise from rolling heavily: to roll about.—v.t. to rattle.—n. a low heavy continued sound: a jarring roar rumour: confusion: a seat for servants behind a carriage: a revolving box in which articles are polished by mutual attrition.—ns. Rum′bler; Rum′ble-tum′ble a rumble-seat; Rum′bling a low heavy continued sound.—adv. Rum′blingly.
Typed by Elbert
Examples
- He sat on the box, and Mr Sloppy graced the rumble. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In the street the noise of wheels had ceased, and the rumble of the elevated came only at long intervals through the deep unnatural hush. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- A spy behind her in the rumble of her mother's carriage! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The Courier in the rumble was not altogether comfortable in his mind. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She had stood under it to hear the train rumble thundering over the logs overhead. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The Footsteps Die Out For Ever Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- But I hear the rumble of wheels. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- They have rumbled through the streets, and jolted over the stones, and at length reach the wide and open country. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But, there were other echoes, from a distance, that rumbled menacingly in the corner all through this space of time. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Her voice rumbled in her throat for a moment. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Hermione lifted her face and rumbled-- 'M--m--m--I don't know . D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- As the vehicle rumbled out of the yard, Shirley, rallying her spirits, demanded what had become of the wounded. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Through the streets of Paris every day rumbled the Terror with its carts full of condemned people. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For a long time his receiving instruments would only give out vague rumbling noises. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The dull, rumbling sound of wheels was heard on the pavement in the yard. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The green Martians converse but little, and then usually in monosyllables, low and like the faint rumbling of distant thunder. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The trucks were still rumbling by, and the man and the mare were still fighting. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was attended with a hollow rumbling noise like that of thunder. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- All, in a rumbling tone of protest. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There they found the gate shut, because the colliery train was rumbling nearer. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Hark, how the thunder rumbles! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I should know that, by the way it rumbles in the chimney. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Inputed by Cleo