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RUMBLES
Noun
rumbles
plural of rumble
Verb
rumbles
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rumble
Anagrams
• Blumers, Bulmers, lumbers, slumber, slumbre, umbrels
Proper noun
Rumbles
plural of Rumble
Anagrams
• Blumers, Bulmers, lumbers, slumber, slumbre, umbrels
Source: Wiktionary
RUMBLE
Rum"ble, v. i. Etym: [OE. romblen, akin to D. rommeln, G. rumpeln, Dan. rumle; cf. Icel. rumja to roar.]
1. To make a low, heavy, continued sound; as, the thunder rumbles at a distance. In the mean while the skies 'gan rumble sore. Surrey. The people cried and rombled up and down. Chaucer.
2. To murmur; to ripple. To rumble gently down with murmur soft. Spenser.
Rum"ble, n.
1. A noisy report; rumor. [Obs.] Delighting ever in rumble that is new. Chaucer.
2. A low, heavy, continuous sound like that made by heavy wagons or the reverberation of thunder; a confused noise; as, the rumble of a railboard train. Clamor and rumble, and ringing and clatter. tennyson. Merged in the rumble of awakening day. H. James.
3. A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage. Kit, well wrapped, . . . was in the rumble behind. Dickens.
4. A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or poliched by friction against each other. rumble seat, a seat in the rear of an automobile, outside the passenger cabin, which folds out from the body
Rum"ble, v. t.
Definition: To cause to pass through a rumble, or shaking machine. See Rumble, n., 4.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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