Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To make a deep, long, rolling sound.
- intransitive verb To move or proceed with a deep, long, rolling sound.
- intransitive verb Slang To engage in a gang fight.
- intransitive verb To utter with a deep, long, rolling sound.
- intransitive verb To polish or mix (metal parts) in a tumbling box.
- noun A deep, long, rolling sound.
- noun A tumbling box.
- noun A luggage compartment or servant's seat in the rear of a carriage.
- noun Pervasive, widespread expression of unrest or dissatisfaction.
- noun A gang fight.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make a deep, heavy, continued and more or less jarring sound: as, the thunder rumbles.
- To murmur.
- To move with a deep, hoarse, thundering or jarring sound; roll heavily and noisily.
- To roll about; hence, to create disorder or confusion.
- To cause to make a deep, rattling or jarring sound; rattle.
- noun A deep, heavy, continuous, and more or less rattling or jarring sound, as of thunder; a low, jarring roar.
- noun Confused reports; rumor.
- noun Confusion; disorder; tumult.
- noun A revolving cylinder or box in which articles are placed to be ground, cleaned, or polished by mutual attrition. Grinding- or polishing-material is added according to the need of the case.
- noun A seat for servants in the rear of a carriage. Also
rumble-tumble .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To cause to pass through a rumble, or shaking machine. See
rumble , n., 4. - intransitive verb To make a low, heavy, continued sound.
- intransitive verb To murmur; to ripple.
- noun obsolete A noisy report; rumor.
- noun A low, heavy, continuous sound like that made by heavy wagons or the reverberation of thunder; a confused noise.
- noun A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.
- noun A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- interjection An
onomatopoeia describing a rumblingnoise - noun A low pitched irregular noise, such as that of
thunder or a hungry stomach. - noun slang A street fight or
brawl . - noun A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
- verb To make a low-pitched noise.
- verb To discover deceitful or underhanded behaviour.
- verb To move while making a rumbling noise.
- verb slang fight,
brawl . - verb transitive To cause to pass through a rumble, or polishing machine.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a loud low dull continuous noise
- noun a fight between rival gangs of adolescents
- verb to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
- verb make a low noise
- noun a servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I love how sony made us buy the regular controllers and now that the rumble is available we all have to re-buy controllers. .kind of a profit making coincidence for sony don't you think?
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. The rumble from a pair of motors interrupted the opening ceremony at the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. The rumble from a pair of motors interrupted the opening ceremony at the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
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* A low rumble is heard in the distance, suddenly Chodin comes over the horizon riding on a giant ant.
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The reason sony isnt using rumble is because of a big court case they got in with a 3rd party company who put rumble into there controller. they also took microsoft to court but te payed off the 3rd party company.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Sony controller revolutionary? 2006
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If you've ever stood on Park Avenue, Manhattan, and felt a subway train rumble by underfoot, you know what a typical quake feels like.
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Sony's official PlayStation blog has confirmed (link via Kotaku) that new PlayStation 3 controllers with DUALSHOCK technology -- also known as 'rumble' -- will rattle onto store shelves next week.
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Sony's official PlayStation blog has confirmed (link via Kotaku) that new PlayStation 3 controllers with DUALSHOCK technology -- also known as 'rumble' -- will rattle onto store shelves next week.
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Police said that shortly after 3 a.m. officers heard commotion - a metal "rumble" - coming from the roof of the Quick and Easy Food Store at 580 Bellevue Ave. and checked out the building.
SplicedFeed 2010
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A 2004 report from IIHS shows that textured pavement, known as rumble strips, have reduced head-on crashes and side swipes by 25 to 30 percent.
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This word was used in "The Outsiders."
July 7, 2012