Rumble

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: rum=ble

CIDE DICTIONARY

Rumble, v. i. [OE. romblen, akin to D. rommelen, G. rumpeln, Dan. rumle; cf. Icel. rymja to roar.].

•  To make a low, heavy, continued sound; as, the thunder rumbles at a distance.  [1913 Webster]

  "In the mean while the skies 'gan rumble sore."  [1913 Webster]

  "The people cried and rombled up and down."  [1913 Webster]
•  To murmur; to ripple.  [1913 Webster]

  "To rumble gently down with murmur soft."  [1913 Webster]

Rumble, n. 

•  A noisy report; rumor.  [1913 Webster]

  "Delighting ever in rumble that is new."  [1913 Webster]
•  A low, heavy, continuous sound like that made by heavy wagons or the reverberation of thunder; a confused noise; as, the rumble of a railroad train.  [1913 Webster]

  "Clamor and rumble, and ringing and clatter."  [1913 Webster]

  "Merged in the rumble of awakening day."  [1913 Webster]
•  A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.  [1913 Webster]

  "Kit, well wrapped, . . . was in the rumble behind."  [1913 Webster]
•  A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.  [1913 Webster]

Rumble, v. t. 

 To cause to pass through a rumble, or shaking machine. See Rumble, n., 4.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Rumble, v. & n.
--v.
1 intr. make a continuous deep resonant sound as of distant thunder.
2 intr. (foll. by along, by, past, etc.) (of a person or vehicle) move with a rumbling noise.
3 tr. (often foll. by out) utter or say with a rumbling sound.
4 tr. Brit. sl. find out about (esp. something illicit).
--n.
1 a rumbling sound.
2 US sl. a street-fight between gangs.

Idiom

rumble seat US an uncovered folding seat in the rear of a motor car.

Derivative

rumbler n.

Etymology

ME romble, prob. f. MDu. rommelen, rummelen (imit.)

THESAURUS

Rumble

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

ROGET THESAURUS

Rumble

Disorder

N disorder, derangement, irregularity, anomaly, anarchy, anarchism, want of method, untidiness, disunion, discord, confusion, confusedness, mishmash, mix, disarray, jumble, huddle, litter, lumber, cahotage, farrago, mess, mash, muddle, muss, hash, hodgepodge, hotch-potch, hotch-pot, imbroglio, chaos, omnium gatherum, medley, mere mixture, fortuitous concourse of atoms, disjecta membra, rudis indigestaque moles, complexity, turmoil, ferment, to-do, trouble, pudder, pother, row, rumble, disturbance, hubbub, convulsion, tumult, uproar, revolution, riot, rumpus, stour, scramble, brawl, fracas, rhubarb, fight, free-for-all, row, ruction, rumpus, embroilment, melee, spill and pelt, rough and tumble, whirlwind, bear garden, Babel, Saturnalia, donnybrook, Donnybrook Fair, confusion worse confounded, most admired disorder, concordia discors, Bedlam, all hell broke loose, bull in a china shop, all the fat in the fire, diable a' quatre, Devil to pay, pretty kettle of fish, pretty piece of work, pretty piece of business, disorderly person, disorderly persons offence, misdemeanor, slattern, slut (libertine), disorderly, orderless, out of order, out of place, out of gear, irregular, desultory, anomalous, acephalous, deranged, aimless, disorganized, straggling, unmethodical, immethodical, unsymmetric, unsystematic, untidy, slovenly, dislocated, out of sorts, promiscuous, indiscriminate, chaotic, anarchical, unarranged &c (arrange), confused, deranged, topsy-turvy, shapeless, disjointed, out of joint, troublous, riotous, complex, irregularly, by fits, by fits and snatches, by fits and starts, pellmell, higgledy-piggledy, helter-skelter, harum-scarum, in a ferment, at sixes and sevens, at cross-purposes, upside down, the cart before the horse, hysteron proteron, chaos is come again, the wreck of matter and the crush of worlds.

Roll

VB roll, drum, rumble, rattle, clatter, patter, clack, bombinate, hum, trill, shake, chime, peal, toll, tick, beat, drum in the ear, din in the ear.