RUMBLING

grumbling, rumbling

(adjective) continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound; “the rumbling rolling sound of thunder”

rumble, rumbling, grumble, grumbling

(noun) a loud low dull continuous noise; “they heard the rumbling of thunder”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Adjective

rumbling (comparative more rumbling, superlative most rumbling)

Deep- and slow-sounding.

Noun

rumbling (plural rumblings)

A muted sound of complaint or discontent.

A deep low noise.

Verb

rumbling

present participle of rumble

Source: Wiktionary

Rum"bling,

Definition: a. & n. from Rumble, v. i.

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