rumble

Meanings

Plural: rumbles

Noun

a loud low dull continuous noise
a servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage
a fight between rival gangs of adolescents
A low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach.
A street fight or brawl.
A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.

Verb

make a low noise
to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
- "he grumbled a rude response"
- "Stones grumbled down the cliff"
To make a low, heavy, continuous sound.
To discover deceitful or underhanded behaviour.
To move while making a rumbling noise.
To fight; to brawl.
To provide haptic feedback by vibrating.
To cause to pass through a rumble, or polishing machine.
To murmur; to ripple.

Intj

An onomatopoeia describing a rumbling noise

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

beating, drumming, gang fight, growl, grumble, grumbling, rataplan, rubadub, rumble, rumbling

Antonyms

snap

Scrabble Score: 10

rumble is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
rumble is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
rumble is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

rumble is a valid Words With Friends word