[
US
/ˈɹəmbəɫ/
]
[ UK /ɹˈʌmbəl/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈʌmbəl/ ]
VERB
-
to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
he grumbled a rude response
Stones grumbled down the cliff -
make a low noise
rumbling thunder
NOUN
- a servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage
- a fight between rival gangs of adolescents
-
a loud low dull continuous noise
they heard the rumbling of thunder
How To Use rumble In A Sentence
- They are not people who crumble at the first sign of a strong opinion. Times, Sunday Times
- The petals were so dry and apery that they crumbled at the first touch. The Seventh Scroll
- Paper will start to peel from the wall, and in the worst cases plaster will start to crumble.
- The second trial also failed - the root crumbled every time he tried to flatten it into a thin disc for frying.
- AS THE chug of a train rumbles overhead, Andy Arnold takes a seat amid the lunchtime bustle of the Arches theatre bar in Glasgow's city centre.
- He fortified himself with a good meal, filling up with bland foods that would energize his body without making his stomach rumble. WITHOUT REMORSE
- Anecdotal evidence has long pointed to crofters being a hale and hearty breed - albeit prone to bad backs and the odd grumble.
- However, if a system has no flexibility, then it crumbles as soon as an unanticipated event happens.
- A forest of party flags and posters hung over Ankara as campaign buses rumbled about broadcasting music and speeches. Times, Sunday Times
- The city crumbled and burned to brands and ashes.