Rum"ble (?), v. i. [OE. romblen,
akin to D. rommelen, G. rumpeln, Dan. rumle; cf.
Icel. 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.
Surrey.
The people cried and rombled up and
down.
Chaucer.
2. To murmur; to ripple.
To rumble gently down with murmur
soft.
Spenser.
Rum"ble, n. 1. A
noisy report; rumor. [Obs.]
Delighting ever in rumble that is
new.
Chaucer.
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.
Tennyson.
Merged in the rumble of awakening
day.
H. James.
3. A seat for servants, behind the body of a
carriage.
Kit, well wrapped, . . . was in the rumble
behind.
Dickens.
4. A rotating cask or box in which small
articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each
other.
Rum"ble, v. t. To cause to pass
through a rumble, or shaking machine. See Rumble,
n., 4.
Rum"ble (?), v. i. [OE. romblen,
akin to D. rommelen, G. rumpeln, Dan. rumle; cf.
Icel. 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.
Surrey.
The people cried and rombled up and
down.
Chaucer.
2. To murmur; to ripple.
To rumble gently down with murmur
soft.
Spenser.
Rum"ble, n. 1. A
noisy report; rumor. [Obs.]
Delighting ever in rumble that is
new.
Chaucer.
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.
Tennyson.
Merged in the rumble of awakening
day.
H. James.
3. A seat for servants, behind the body of a
carriage.
Kit, well wrapped, . . . was in the rumble
behind.
Dickens.
4. A rotating cask or box in which small
articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each
other.
Rum"ble, v. t. To cause to pass
through a rumble, or shaking machine. See Rumble,
n., 4.
