rumble

CEFRB2

/ˈɹʌmb(ə)l/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To make a deep, continuous sound like distant thunder.

  2. 02

    noun

    A deep, continuous sound like thunder or a moving vehicle.

Examples

  • From somewhere in the distance came an ominous rumble.

  • Why does lightning flash and thunder rumble?

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.

  2. A street fight or brawl.

noun

Extra meaning

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

More examples

In context

  • I could hear the thunder rumbling in the distance.

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

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

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Origin

verb

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)).