'Rumble' definitions:
Definition of 'rumble'
(from WordNet)
noun
A loud low dull continuous noise; "they heard the rumbling of thunder" [syn: rumble, rumbling, grumble, grumbling]
noun
A servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage
noun
A fight between rival gangs of adolescents [syn: rumble, gang fight]
verb
Make a low noise; "rumbling thunder" [syn: rumble, grumble]
verb
Definition of 'Rumble'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- In the mean while the skies 'gan rumble sore. --Surrey. [1913 Webster]
- The people cried and rombled up and down. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To murmur; to ripple. [1913 Webster]
- To rumble gently down with murmur soft. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rumble'
From: GCIDE
- Rumble \Rum"ble\, n.
- 1. A noisy report; rumor. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Delighting ever in rumble that is new. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Clamor and rumble, and ringing and clatter. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- Merged in the rumble of awakening day. --H. James. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage. [1913 Webster]
- Kit, well wrapped, . . . was in the rumble behind. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rumble'
From: GCIDE
- Rumble \Rum"ble\, v. t. To cause to pass through a rumble, or shaking machine. See Rumble, n., 4. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rumble'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- action,
- aerial combat,
- affray,
- armored combat,
- bark,
- battle,
- battle royal,
- bawl,
- be reflected,
- be sent back,
- bedlam,
- Bedlam let loose,
- bellow,
- birdies,
- blare,
- blast,
- blat,
- blooping,
- blubber,
- blurping,
- bobbery,
- boom,
- booming,
- bounce back,
- brawl,
- bray,
- breathe,
- brouhaha,
- bruit,
- brush,
- bullfight,
- burst,
- buzz,
- cackle,
- canard,
- cannonade,
- chant,
- charivari,
- chirm,
- chirp,
- clamor,
- clangor,
- clap,
- clash,
- clash of arms,
- clatter,
- cockfight,
- combat,
- common talk,
- commotion,
- conflict,
- coo,
- crack,
- crash,
- crow,
- cry,
- din,
- discord,
- distortion,
- dogfight,
- donnybrook,
- drawl,
- drunken brawl,
- dustup,
- echo,
- echo back,
- embroilment,
- exchange of blows,
- exclaim,
- feedback,
- fight,
- fire fight,
- flap,
- flute,
- flutter,
- fluttering,
- flying rumor,
- fracas,
- fray,
- free-for-all,
- gasp,
- gossip,
- grapevine,
- ground combat,
- growl,
- growling,
- grumble,
- grumbling,
- grunt,
- hand-to-hand combat,
- hand-to-hand fight,
- hearsay,
- hell broke loose,
- hiss,
- hissing,
- house-to-house combat,
- howl,
- howling,
- hubbub,
- hue and cry,
- hullabaloo,
- hum,
- idea afloat,
- jangle,
- keen,
- latrine rumor,
- lilt,
- loud noise,
- motorboating,
- mumble,
- murmur,
- mutter,
- naval combat,
- news stirring,
- noise,
- noise and shouting,
- on-dit,
- outcry,
- pandemonium,
- pant,
- passage of arms,
- peal,
- pipe,
- pitched battle,
- quarrel,
- racket,
- rattle,
- reboation,
- rebound,
- reecho,
- report,
- resound,
- resounding,
- return,
- reverberate,
- reverberation,
- rhubarb,
- roar,
- roll,
- roorback,
- row,
- ruckus,
- ruction,
- rumbling,
- rumor,
- rumpus,
- running fight,
- scramble,
- scratching,
- scream,
- screech,
- scrimmage,
- scuffle,
- scuttlebutt,
- send back,
- shindy,
- shivaree,
- shoving match,
- shredding,
- shriek,
- sibilate,
- sigh,
- sing,
- skirmish,
- snap,
- snarl,
- snort,
- sob,
- sound,
- squall,
- squawk,
- squeal,
- squeals,
- stand-up fight,
- static,
- street fight,
- struggle,
- talk,
- tauromachy,
- thunder,
- thunderclap,
- thundering,
- tintamarre,
- town talk,
- trumpet,
- tug-of-war,
- tumult,
- tussle,
- twang,
- unconfirmed report,
- uproar,
- wail,
- warble,
- whine,
- whisper,
- whistles,
- woomping,
- wow,
- wowwows,
- yap,
- yawp,
- yell,
- yelp