rumble
/ˈɹʌmb(ə)l/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The rumble from passing trucks made it hard to sleep at night."
- "Kit, well wrapped, […] was in the rumble behind."
- ""I never was so sorry for any thing as for Mr. Glentworth's death," said Isabella Granard, endeavouring to screen her face from a small, sharp rain, to which her place in the rumble of a travelling carriage left her quite exposed."
- "If I don't eat, my stomach will rumble."
- "I could hear the thunder rumbling in the distance."
- "I watched him take his seat on the third row from the front, and I heard him rumble, “Nearer my God to thee,” some notes behind the rest of us."
Etymology
From Middle English rumblen, romblen, rummelyn, frequentative form of romen (“to roar”), equivalent to rome + -le. Cognate with Dutch rommelen (“to rumble”), Low German rummeln (“to rumble”), German rumpeln (“to be noisy”), Danish rumle (“to rumble”), all of imitative origin. Compare typologically Russian громи́ть (gromítʹ), погро́м (pogróm), разгро́м (razgróm) (akin to гром (grom), греме́ть (gremétʹ), громыха́ть (gromyxátʹ)). Also compare гро́хнуть (gróxnutʹ) (akin to гро́хот (gróxot)).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹʌmb(ə)l/
Usage
Inflected Forms
rumbles (plural)
rummle (alternative)
rommle (alternative)
rumbles (present, singular)
rumbling (participle, present)
rumbled (participle, past)
rumbled (past)
Derived Forms
Phrases
headset rumble
rumble-bumble
rumble seat
rumble strip
rumble-tumble
let's get ready to rumble
rumble on