Synonyms for rumble

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ruhm-buhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈrʌm bəl

Définition of rumble

Origin : late 14c., "make a deep, heavy, continuous sound," also "move with a rolling, thundering sound," also "create disorder and confusion," probably related to Middle Dutch rommelen "to rumble," Middle High German rummeln, Old Norse rymja "to shout, roar," all of imitative origin. Related: Rumbled; rumbling.

verb growl, thunder

Example sentences :

When, at last, he spoke, his voice was a rumble of strangely shy pleasure.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

And a rumble quickly grew to an earth-shaking blast of thunder.
Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius

The Courier in the rumble was not altogether comfortable in his mind.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

There was a rumble of thunder far out on the western prairie.
Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington

They both turned at the rumble of the train outside the station.
Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman

The whistle was heard at the station, and the rumble of the on-coming train.
Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various

Then, remotely, faint as distant cannonading, a rumble reached me.
Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

The thudding of hooves became a mutter and then a rumble and then a growl.
Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster

Almost at the same moment there was the rumble of carriage-wheels on the road.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

She heard the rumble of the wheels; it was like a deafening reverberation from the day of doom.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

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