Meaning of шумець | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to bubble, to foam, to froth
2. to make noise, to be noisy
3. to rustle (to make a soft crackling sound similar to the movement of dry leaves)
4. to hum, to buzz (to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings)
5. to make a row, to raise a ruckus

Examples

“He was soon in the midst of a crowd of boys who were running, jumping, playing at ball and leap-frog and otherwise disporting themselves, and right noisily, too.”

He was soon in the midst of a crowd of boys who were running, jumping, playing at ball and leap-frog, all making a lot of noise and disporting themselves as they pleased.

“But the pressure of the air was intolerable. Our heads buzzed and the drums of our ears were bursting. We could not have lived in such an atmosphere for long.”

“The hawser was as taut as a bowstring, and the current so strong she pulled upon her anchor. All round the hull, in the blackness, the rippling current bubbled and chattered like a little mountain stream.”

The hawser was as taut as a bowstring, so strongly did the ship strain to break free from her anchor. Beneath the hull, the rippling current raged and bubbled like a mountain stream.

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