rumble

Meanings

1. A low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach.
2. A street fight or brawl.
3. A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
4. A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.

1. To make a low, heavy, continuous sound.
2. To discover deceitful or underhanded behaviour.
3. To move while making a rumbling noise.
4. To fight; to brawl.
5. To provide haptic feedback by vibrating.
6. To cause to pass through a rumble, or polishing machine.
7. To murmur; to ripple.

1. An onomatopoeia describing a rumbling noise

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Indiana, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia, United States.

Etymology

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)).