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Meaning of Rumble | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈɹʌm b(ə)l

Definitions

  1. A low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach.
  2. A surname.
    countable, uncountable
  3. A street fight or brawl.
    slang
  4. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Indiana, United States.
    countable, uncountable
  5. A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
  6. An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia, United States.
    countable, uncountable
  7. A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.
    dated

Equivalents

العربية الدمدمة
Bosanski brak briga dan huk leva хук
Ελληνικά μπουμπουνητό
Español pelea callejera retumbar riña rugir
فارسی غرنبه
Gaeilge tormán
हिन्दी गड़गड़ाहट
Hrvatski brak briga dan huk leva хук
Հայերեն թնդալ
Bahasa Indonesia gelagar
日本語 グー ぐう 地鳴り 怒る
Kurdî brak dan dan leva liv
Te Reo Māori haruru koko wāwā whakaruru
Македонски татни
Polski dudnić grzmot pomruk tętnić
Português briga brigar ribombo roncar ronco
Shqip gjëmoj
Српски brak briga dan huk leva хук
Türkçe dövüş gümbürtü gürleme homurtu
Українська гуркіт

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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