noun a noisy report; rumor.
2. rumble ·noun a seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.
3. rumble ·vi to murmur; to ripple.
4. rumble ·vt to cause to pass through a rumble, or shaking machine. ·see rumble, ·noun, 4.
5. rumble ·vi to make a low, heavy, continued sound; as, the thunder rumbles at a distance.
6. rumble ·noun a rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
7. rumble ·noun a low, heavy, continuous sound like that made by heavy wagons or the reverberation of thunder; a confused noise; as, the rumble of a railroad train.