(~s, rumbling, ~d)
1.
A ~ is a low continuous noise.
The silence of the night was punctuated by the distant ~ of traffic...
N-COUNT: oft N of n
2.
If a vehicle ~s somewhere, it moves slowly forward while making a low continuous noise.
A bus ~d along the road at the top of the path...
VERB: V adv/prep
3.
If something ~s, it makes a low, continuous noise.
The sky, swollen like a black bladder, ~d and crackled...
VERB: V
4.
If your stomach ~s, it makes a vibrating noise, usually because you are hungry.
Her stomach ~d. She hadn’t eaten any breakfast.
VERB: V
5.
If someone is ~d, the truth about them or something they were trying to hide is discovered. (BRIT INFORMAL)
When his fraud was ~d he had just ?20.17 in the bank.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed