rumble, romble, roumble

i. & t. [A word of imitative origin; cf. Dut. rommelen; Dan. rumle; Sw.ramla; Ital. rombare.] A. Intransitive : 1. To make a hoarse, low, continued sound, as thunder at a distance. "Then the gloom grew blacker, Grew blacker, thunder rumbled in the air." Matthew Arnold: Sohrab and Rustum. fate, făt, färe, amidst, what, fall, 3514 2. To make a disturbance; to clam r. "The people cried and rombled up and doun." Chaucer: C. Т., 14,389. *3. To roll about. "And round the attics rumbled." Tennyson: The Goose, 46. 4. To make a soft, murmuring sound; to ripple. *B. Trans. To rattle. rumbler, s. [Eng. rumbl (e); -er.] One who or that which rumbles. rum-bling, pr. par. a. & s. [RUMBLE, v.] A. As pr.par .: (See the verb.) B. As adj.: Making a low, heavy, and continued noise; low, heavy, and continued. C. As subst.: A low, heavy, and continued sound; a rumble. "Volcanic rumblings are reported from Ecuador."_ London Morning Post. rumbling-drains, s. pl. IMG:content-0822.png:[blocks in formation]