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rumble

UK/ˈɹʊmb(ə)l/ US/ˈɹʌmb(ə)l/ fairly common slang
noun (3) verb (2)

noun

1.

a loud low dull continuous noise

  • “they heard the rumbling of thunder”
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2.

a servant''s seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage

3.

a fight between rival gangs of adolescents

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verb

1.

make a low noise

  • “rumbling thunder”
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2.

to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds

  • “he grumbled a rude response”
  • “Stones grumbled down the cliff”
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Origin

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. Compare typologically Russian громи́ть (gromítʹ), погро́м (pogróm), разгро́м (razgróm) (akin to гром (grom), греме́ть (gremétʹ), громыха́ть (gromyxátʹ)). Also compare гро́хнуть (gróxnutʹ) (akin to гро́хот (gróxot)).

Phrases

  • headset rumble
  • let's get ready to rumble
  • rumble on
  • rumble seat
  • rumble strip

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