Rumble
Pronunciation : Rum"ble
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. romblen, akin to D. rommeln, G. rumpeln, Dan. rumle; cf. Icel. rumja to roar.]
Definition : 1. To make a low, heavy, continued sound; as, the thunder rumbles at a distance. In the mean while the skies 'gan rumble sore. Surrey. The people cried and rombled up and down. Chaucer.
2. To murmur; to ripple. To rumble gently down with murmur soft. Spenser.
i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Rum"ble
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. A noisy report; rumor. [Obs.] Delighting ever in rumble that is new. Chaucer.
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 railboard train. Clamor and rumble, and ringing and clatter. tennyson. Merged in the rumble of awakening day. H. James.
3. A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage. Kit, well wrapped, . . . was in the rumble behind. Dickens.
4. A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or poliched by friction against each other. rumble seat, a seat in the rear of an automobile, outside the passenger cabin, which folds out from the body
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Rum"ble
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To cause to pass through a rumble, or shaking machine. See Rumble, n., 4.
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913