to rumble
84
2.5
- verb
- /ˈrʌmbl/
- Literature
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- The heavy truck rumbled down the street, shaking the windows as it passed.
- a rumbling voice
The train of history has been bumpy as it's rumbled through the Middle East.
- The train of history has been bumpy as it's rumbled through the Middle East.
- The one thing I know about myself is that the moment that my stomach starts rumbling, I'm eating that fucking pilot.
- It isn't shaking and rumbling and that sort of thing, but when you're driving it, it does feel like the kind of car that would shake and rumble.
- The dark earth shook and rumbled underneath the Titan root when it was cut, and Prometheus himself groaned in anguish of his soul.
- Top of every single one rumbled yeah, rumbled.
Examples
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So about two hours goes by, I'm sitting at my desk and I felt my tummy rumble in that familiar way.
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Then the earth beneath began to tremble and shake, and a rumbling sound rose out of its depths.
Fiction book (1991) -
Supposing the guy in charge Should hear that truck rumble out.
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The ground was singing to him, a deep, rumbling sound that he felt through his bones.
Fiction book (1991) -
High above them, the heavens rumbled as if with an impending storm.
Fiction book (1991) -
Old Abe cut the bulldozer to a rumbling throb and waved to the men.
Fiction book (1990) -
A formidable clap of thunder rumbled through the sky and vanished, with muffled echoes, in the distance.
Academic text (2004) -
Pots flew, plates rattled in the cabinets, the stove rumbled in the corner, pictures slid, clanked, tinkled.
Fiction book (1990) -
As the storm approached, we could hear the thunder rumble in the distance.
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While we were camping, the ground began to rumble as an earthquake hit.
Synonyms
270
2.5
To make a long deep sound like thunder or drums
98
1.0
To make a loud deep continuous sound like an animal, crowd, or machine
76
2.2
To make a low, deep sound to warn or show anger
49
1.0
Make a low steady sound like a machine
42
1.1
To make a low steady sound like a bee
33
3.4
To make a deep loud sound like thunder or a cannon
21
3.2
To make a loud, strong sound to show anger or give orders
7
3.7
To make a long low sound like distant thunder
1
5.8
To make a long low steady sound
1
5.7
To make a deep loud sound that can be heard far away
To make a low, steady humming sound
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
1
9.9
An extra place to sit at the back of an old car that folds and is open to the air
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Etymology
Rumble: As a verb, rumble comes from the sound meaning — to 'rumble' is to make that deep, rolling noise. So when a stomach or an engine 'rumbles' it produces a long, low sound.