rumble

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds

   They grumbled a rude response.

2. 2
   noun

   A low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach.

   The rumble from passing trucks made it hard to sleep at night.

3. 3
   noun

   A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.

   Kit, well wrapped, […] was in the rumble behind.

4. 4
   verb

   To make a low, heavy, continuous sound.

   If I don't eat, my stomach will rumble.

5. 5
   verb

   To discover deceitful or underhanded behaviour.

   The police is going to rumble your hideout.

6. 6
   verb

   To move while making a rumbling noise.

   The truck rumbled over the rough road.

7. 7
   verb

   To murmur; to ripple.

   The trembling streams which wont in channels clear To rumble gently down with murmur soft,[…]

8. 8
   noun

   a fight between rival gangs of adolescents

Etymology

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)).