Rumble
Rumble , intransitive verb
[Old English romblen, akin to Dutch rommelen, German rumpeln, Danish rumle; compare Icelandic rymja 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.
The people cried and rombled up and down.
2.
To murmur; to ripple.
To rumble gently down with murmur soft.
Rumble , noun
1.
A noisy report; rumor. [Obsolete]
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.
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 , transitive verb
To cause to pass through a rumble, or shaking machine. See Rumble, n., 4.