RUMBLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does rumble mean?
• RUMBLE (noun)
The noun RUMBLE has 3 senses:
1. a loud low dull continuous noise
2. a servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage
3. a fight between rival gangs of adolescents
Familiarity information: RUMBLE used as a noun is uncommon.
• RUMBLE (verb)
The verb RUMBLE has 2 senses:
1. make a low noise
2. to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
Familiarity information: RUMBLE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RUMBLE (noun)
Meaning:
A loud low dull continuous noise
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
rumbling; rumble; grumbling; grumble
Context example:
they heard the rumbling of thunder
Hypernyms ("rumble" is a kind of...):
noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))
Meaning:
A servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("rumble" is a kind of...):
seat (any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit))
Holonyms ("rumble" is a part of...):
carriage; equipage; rig (a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses)
Meaning:
A fight between rival gangs of adolescents
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
gang fight; rumble
Hypernyms ("rumble" is a kind of...):
combat; fight; fighting; scrap (the act of fighting; any contest or struggle)
• RUMBLE (verb)
Meaning:
Make a low noise
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
rumble; grumble
Context example:
rumbling thunder
Hypernyms (to "rumble" is one way to...):
go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence examples:
Cars rumble in the streets
The streets rumble with cars
Meaning:
To utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
growl; rumble; grumble
Context examples:
he grumbled a rude response / Stones grumbled down the cliff
Hypernyms (to "rumble" is one way to...):
emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
