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rum⋅bling

  [ruhm-bling]
Use rumbling in a Sentence
–noun
1. Often, rumblings. the first signs of dissatisfaction or grievance.
2. rumble (def. 7).
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see rumble, -ing 1

rum⋅ble

  [ruhm-buhl] verb, -bled, -bling, noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to make a deep, heavy, somewhat muffled, continuous sound, as thunder.
2. to move or travel with such a sound: The train rumbled on.
3. Slang. to have or take part in a street fight between or among teenage gangs: Rival gangs rumbled on Saturday afternoon.
–verb (used with object)
4. to give forth or utter with a rumbling sound: to rumble a command.
5. to cause to make or move with a rumbling sound: to rumble a wagon over the ground.
6. to subject to the action of a rumble or tumbling box, as for the purpose of polishing.
–noun
7. a deep, heavy, somewhat muffled, continuous sound: the rumble of tanks across a bridge.
8. rumble seat.
9. a rear part of a carriage containing seating accommodations, as for servants, or space for baggage.
10. tumbling box.
11. Slang. a street fight between rival teenage gangs.
Origin:
1325–75; 1940–45 for def. 3; (v.) ME romblen, rumblen; cf. D rommelen, prob. of imit. orig.; (n.) ME, deriv. of the v.

Related forms:
rumbler, noun
rum⋅bling⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. roar, thunder, roll, boom.
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rum·ble   (rŭm'bəl)   
v.   rum·bled, rum·bling, rum·bles

v.   intr.
  1. To make a deep, long, rolling sound.
  2. To move or proceed with a deep, long, rolling sound.
  3. Slang To engage in a gang fight.
v.   tr.
  1. To utter with a deep, long, rolling sound.
  2. To polish or mix (metal parts) in a tumbling box.
n.  
  1. A deep, long, rolling sound.
  2. A tumbling box.
  3. A luggage compartment or servant's seat in the rear of a carriage.
  4. Slang
    1. Pervasive, widespread expression of unrest or dissatisfaction.
    2. A gang fight.

[Middle English romblen, perhaps from Middle Dutch rommelen or from Middle Low German rummeln.]
rum'bler n., rum'bling·ly adv., rum'bly adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Rumbling

Rum"bling\, a. & n. from Rumble, v. i.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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