rumble
/ˈɹʌmb(ə)l/ noun C1- 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.
- 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.
Plural rumbles
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Before they had gone far they heard a low rumble, as of the growling of many wild animals.
What a jolly rumble it makes!
I always like the rumble part of it.
And a new sound mingled with it, a deep, muttered rumble, musical and yet menacing, rising and falling like the low, constant murmur of the sea.
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