Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: rumble
IPA transcription: [ɹ'ʌmbəl]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: rumble, rumbling, grumble, grumbling
    Meaning: a loud low dull continuous noise; "they heard the rumbling of thunder"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: rumble, grumble
    Meaning: make a low noise; "rumbling thunder"
  • Synonyms: grumble, growl, rumble
    Meaning: to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds; "he grumbled a rude response"; "Stones grumbled down the cliff"
Usage examples
  • It was more like the rumble and vibration of an approaching train.
  • Hardly had he spoken than there sounded the ominous rumble and shaking that presaged another earthquake.
  • What capital, were it even in London, could rumble around it as tumultuously as Macbeth's perturbed soul?
  • At last she heard not the sound of wheels, but the coachman's shout and the dull rumble in the covered entry.
  • Tarzan turned away scowling, and if any had been close by they might have heard a low growl rumble from his chest.
  • The scream came a second time, terrified and despairing, and out over the water following it came a low, scattered rumble.
  • The electric power plant was a building at the edge of Royal Waterfall, the low and persistent roar of which was scarcely drowned by the rumble of machinery.