rumble

6 definitions • 10 examples

to make a continuous low sound:

Please excuse my stomach rumbling - I haven't eaten all day.

Thunder rumbled in the distance.

Convoys of tanks rumbled (= moved while rumbling) through the city streets.

to discover the true facts about someone or something secret and often illegal:

His boss eventually rumbled him, and he was sacked.

to take part in a physical fight

a continuous low sound:

We could hear the rumble of distant guns/thunder.

They heard a low rumble and watched the sky darken.

a physical fight:

Everyone around here knew that there was going to be a rumble between the two groups.

He heard the rumble beginning outside.

to make a continuous, low sound, or to move slowly while making such a sound:

My stomach is rumbling.

The trucks rumbled across the field.