rum´bling|ly

rum´bling|ly
rum|ble «RUHM buhl», verb, -bled, -bling, noun.
–v.i.
1. to make a deep, heavy, continuous sound: »

The thunder rumbled overhead.

2. to move with such a sound: »

The train rumbled along over the tracks.

–v.t.
1. to utter with a rumbling sound.
2. to cause to move with a rumbling sound.
3. to polish or mix in a tumbling box.
–n.
1. a deep, heavy, continuous sound: »

We heard the far-off rumble of thunder. “Wouldn't you have thought,”…she ventured in her throaty militarumble (Mary McCarthy).

2. U.S. Slang. a teen-age gang fight: »

The Minotaurs, like many of the longer-established gangs, avoid “rumbles” (mass fights) if a sneak raid on an enemy will avenge an insult or settle a score (New York Times).

3. the rear part of a carriage or old automobile containing an extra seat or a place for baggage.
4. = tumbling box. (Cf. ↑tumbling box)
╂[Middle English romblen. Compare Middle Dutch rommelen.]
–rum´bling|ly, adverb.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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