RUMBLE


Meaning of RUMBLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rʌmb(ə)l ]

( rumbles, rumbling, rumbled)

1.

A rumble is a low continuous noise.

The silence of the night was punctuated by the distant rumble of traffic...

N-COUNT : oft N of n

2.

If a vehicle rumbles somewhere, it moves slowly forward while making a low continuous noise.

A bus rumbled along the road at the top of the path...

VERB : V adv / prep

3.

If something rumbles , it makes a low, continuous noise.

The sky, swollen like a black bladder, rumbled and crackled...

VERB : V

4.

If your stomach rumbles , it makes a vibrating noise, usually because you are hungry.

Her stomach rumbled. She hadn’t eaten any breakfast.

VERB : V

5.

If someone is rumbled , the truth about them or something they were trying to hide is discovered. ( BRIT INFORMAL )

When his fraud was rumbled he had just £20.17 in the bank.

VERB : usu passive , be V-ed

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