Dictionary Definition
rumble
Noun
1 a loud low dull continuous noise; "they heard
the rumbling of thunder" [syn: rumbling, grumble, grumbling]
2 a servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in
the rear of a carriage
3 a fight between rival gangs of adolescents
[syn: gang
fight]
Verb
1 make a low noise; "rumbling thunder" [syn:
grumble]
2 to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds; "he
grumbled a rude response"; "Stones grumbled down the cliff" [syn:
grumble, growl]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʌmbəl
Noun
- A low pitched irregular noise.
- The rumble from passing trucks made it hard to sleep at night.
- A street fight or brawl.
Translations
A low pitched irregular noise.
A street fight or brawl
- Czech: pouliční rvačka , pouliční bitka
- Finnish: rähinä, tappelu
Verb
- To make a low pitched noise.
- I better eat or my stomach's gonna rumble.
- To discover deceitful or underhanded behaviour
- The police is gonna rumble your hideout.
- To move while making a rumbling noise.
- The truck rumbled over the rough road.
- fight, brawl.
Translations
To make a low pitched noise
To discover deceitful or underhanded
behaviour
To move while making a rumbling noise
- Czech: rvát se, servat se
- Finnish: mennä jyristää, rymistää eteenpäin
fight, brawl
- Finnish: rähinöidä, ottaa yhteen
Extensive Definition
Rumble may refer to:
People
- Darren Rumble, a retired professional ice hockey defenseman
Music
- Rumble'' (song), an instrumental rock song by Link Wray
- Rumble Fish (group), a Korean rock band
- "rumble fish", Do As Infinity's fifth single
- Rumble measurement, carried out on turntables (for vinyl recordings)
Toys/Games
- Rumble (Transformers), a Transformers character
- Rumble Box, a freeware computer game
- Rumble Pak, a Nintendo game controller add-on
- Rumble Roses, a PlayStation 2 game
- Rumble, a puzzle in Puzzle Pirates
Other
- Borborygmus, the medical term for the noise sometimes heard from the stomach, which people normally refer to as "rumbling" or "growling"
- Royal Rumble, an annual WWE professional wrestling event
- Rumble in the Jungle, a famous boxing match between Muhammed Ali and George Foreman
- Rumble, term meaning a street fight
- Rumble (noise), a form of white noise
- Rumble (Transformers), a fictional character in the Transformers universes
- Rumble seat, an open exterior automobile seat
- Rumble strip, a road safety feature
- Rumble in the Bronx, a film starring Jackie Chan
- Rumble, the Philadelphis Slamball team
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Bedlam let loose, action, aerial combat, affray, armored combat, bark, battle, battle royal, bawl, be reflected, be sent back,
bedlam, bellow, birdies, blare, blast, blat, blooping, blubber, blurping, bobbery, boom, booming, bounce back, brawl, bray, breathe, brouhaha, bruit, brush, bullfight, burst, buzz, cackle, canard, cannonade, chant, charivari, chirm, chirp, clamor, clangor, clap, clash, clash of arms, clatter, cockfight, combat, common talk, commotion, conflict, coo, crack, crash, crow, cry, din, discord, distortion, dogfight, donnybrook, drawl, drunken brawl, dustup, echo, echo back, embroilment, exchange of
blows, exclaim, feedback, fight, fire fight, flap, flute, flutter, fluttering, flying rumor,
fracas, fray, free-for-all, gasp, gossip, grapevine, ground combat,
growl, growling, grumble, grumbling, grunt, hand-to-hand combat,
hand-to-hand fight, hearsay, hell broke loose,
hiss, hissing, house-to-house combat,
howl, howling, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, hum, idea afloat, jangle, keen, latrine rumor, lilt, loud noise, motorboating, mumble, murmur, mutter, naval combat, news
stirring, noise, noise and
shouting, on-dit, outcry,
pandemonium,
pant, passage of arms,
peal, pipe, pitched battle, quarrel, racket, rattle, reboation, rebound, reecho, report, resound, resounding, return, reverberate, reverberation, rhubarb, roar, roll, roorback, row, ruckus, ruction, rumbling, rumor, rumpus, running fight, scramble, scratching, scream, screech, scrimmage, scuffle, scuttlebutt, send back,
shindy, shivaree, shoving match,
shredding, shriek, sibilate, sigh, sing, skirmish, snap, snarl, snort, sob, sound, squall, squawk, squeal, squeals, stand-up fight,
static, street fight,
struggle, talk, tauromachy, thunder, thunderclap, thundering, tintamarre, town talk,
trumpet, tug-of-war,
tumult, tussle, twang, unconfirmed report,
uproar, wail, warble, whine, whisper, whistles, woomping, wow, wowwows, yap, yawp, yell, yelp