rumble
/ˈɹʌmb(ə)l/ verb C1- To make a low, heavy, continuous sound. · If I don't eat, my stomach will rumble.· I could hear the thunder rumbling in the distance.
- To discover deceitful or underhanded behaviour. · The police is going to rumble your hideout.
- To move while making a rumbling noise. · The truck rumbled over the rough road.
- To fight; to brawl.
- To provide haptic feedback by vibrating.
- To cause to pass through a rumble, or polishing machine.
He/she/it rumbles · Past rumbled · Past participle rumbled · -ing form rumbling
Verb forms
- Base form
- rumble
- He/she/it
- rumbles
- Past
- rumbled
- Past participle
- rumbled
- -ing form
- rumbling
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The sky was darkened, and a low rumbling sound was heard in the air.
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.
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