transcription, транскрипция: [ grʌmb(ə)l ]
( grumbles, grumbling, grumbled)
1.
If someone grumbles , they complain about something in a bad-tempered way.
I shouldn’t grumble about Mum–she’s lovely really...
Taft grumbled that the law so favored the criminal that trials seemed like a game of chance...
‘This is inconvenient,’ he grumbled...
It’s simply not in her nature to grumble.
= moan, whinge
VERB : V about/at n , V that , V with quote , V
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Grumble is also a noun.
My grumble is with the structure and organisation of the material.
N-COUNT
• grum‧bling
(grumblings)
There have been grumblings about the party leader.
N-VAR
2.
If something grumbles , it makes a low continuous sound. ( LITERARY )
It was quiet now, the thunder had grumbled away to the west...
The dogs made a noise, a rough, grumbling sound.
VERB : V adv / prep , V-ing , also V
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Grumble is also a noun.
One could often hear, far to the east, the grumble of guns.
N-SING : usu N of n