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rumble

 
 
pronunciation:
ruhm bl
part of speech: verb
inflections: rumbles, rumbling, rumbled
definition: When something rumbles, it makes a long, low sound like the sound of thunder or a heavy vehicle moving along slowly.
It wasn't raining yet, but when we heard thunder rumbling, we shut all the windows.Heavy trucks rumbled outside Sophie's house every day while her street was being repaired.
similar words:
growl, roll
derivations: rumblingly (adv.), rumbler (n.)