1. Make a low noise
   "rumbling thunder";
   - grumble
    
2. To utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
   "he rumbled a rude response";
   - grumble, growl
    
3. [Brit, informal] Uncover a deceit or secret activity
   "our scam was rumbled"

1. A loud low dull continuous noise
   "they heard the rumble of thunder";
   - rumbling, grumble, grumbling
    
2. [N. Amer, informal] A fight between rival gangs of adolescents
   "The school worked to prevent rumbles in the neighbourhood";
   - gang fight
    
3. [N. Amer, archaic] A servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage
   "The footman rode in the rumble of the elegant horse-drawn carriage"

Derived forms: rumbled, rumbling, rumbles

Type of: combat, emit, fight, fighting, go, let loose, let out, noise, scrap, seat, sound, utter

Part of: carriage, equipage, rig

Encyclopedia: Rumble, Shake and Tumble