Rumble /(?)/

Rum·ble

Rumble

v. i.
  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.
  2. To murmur; to ripple.
    To rumble gently down with murmur soft.

Rumble

n.
  1. A noisy report; rumor. [Obs.]
    Delighting ever in rumble that is new.
  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 railroad train.
    Clamor and rumble, and ringing and clatter.
    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.
  4. A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.

Rumble

v. t.
  1. To cause to pass through a rumble, or shaking machine. See Rumble, n., 4.