rumble
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
rumble
n 1: a loud low dull continuous noise; "they heard the rumbling
of thunder" [syn: {rumble}, {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: {rumble},
{gang fight}]
v 1: make a low noise; "rumbling thunder" [syn: {rumble},
{grumble}]
2: to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds; "he grumbled a
rude response"; "Stones grumbled down the cliff" [syn:
{grumble}, {growl}, {rumble}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rumble \Rum"ble\, n.
1. A noisy report; rumor. [Obs.]
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Delighting ever in rumble that is new. --Chaucer.
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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.
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Clamor and rumble, and ringing and clatter.
--Tennyson.
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Merged in the rumble of awakening day. --H. James.
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3. A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.
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Kit, well wrapped, . . . was in the rumble behind.
--Dickens.
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4. A rotating cask or box in which small articles are
smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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In the mean while the skies 'gan rumble sore.
--Surrey.
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The people cried and rombled up and down. --Chaucer.
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2. To murmur; to ripple.
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To rumble gently down with murmur soft. --Spenser.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
203 Moby Thesaurus words for "rumble":
Bedlam let loose, action, aerial combat, affray, armored combat,
bark, battle, battle royal, bawl, be reflected, be sent back,
bedlam, 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
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