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(), 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. スポンサード リンク
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