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▪ I. ˈrumbling, vbl. n.
[f. rumble v.1 Cf. MDu. rommelinge.]
1. a. The action of making a rumble; an instance of this; a rumbling noise.
c1386Chaucer Sompn. T. 525 The rumblynge [v.r. romblyng] of a fart, and euery soun, Nis but of Eir reuerberacioun. 1533Bellenden Livy i. xii. (S.T.S.) I. 69 Þan was herd þe huge rummylling and sound of brokin housis & wallis in all partis þareof. 1584R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. xv. xxii. (1886) 365 To find out the cause of noise and spirituall rumbling in houses. 1615G. Sandys Trav. 243 A continuall winde that keepeth a horrible rumbling. 1678Otway Friendship in F. iii. i, I can act..any thing, I can act the rumbling of a wheelbarrow. c1738Swift On his Deafness Wks. 1751 XIV. 252 At Thunder now no more I start, Than at the Rumbling of a Cart. 1756–7tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) III. 28 In the city of Naples were heard subterraneous rumblings. 1851D. Jerrold St. Giles xxviii. 291 His heart throbbing to the rumbling of his coach wheels. 1880Geikie Phys. Geog. iv. xxii. 202 Rumblings are heard like the mutterings of distant thunder.
b. With reference to the bowels.
1544T. Phaer Regim. Lyfe (1553) G vj b, Colica passio..is knowen also by the rumblyng, which is a noise in the bowels. 16022nd Pt. Return fr. Parnass. iii. iii. 1298 Tell the meridian howre by rumbling of his panch. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. viii. 311 If the rumbling be caused by Bile..it may be good to give Milk. 1733Cheyne Eng. Malady ii. ix. §6 (1734) 213 Inflation of the Bowels with Rumbling and Noise. 1822Good Study Med. (1829) I. 171 Borborygmus. With frequent rumbling of the bowels. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 734 As shewn by the gurgling and rumbling in the bowels.
†2. Disturbance, tumult, stir. Obs.
c1471Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 276 Ther was rennyng for the sovereynte, There was rorynge and rumbelynge, pete to here. c1510More Picus Wks. 15/1, I maie..be tossed in the flode & rombeling of your worldly businesse. 1587Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 1537/1 The time of queene Marie; in the beginning of whose reigne..there was some rumbling thereabout.
†3. Muttering, murmuring. Obs.—0
c1440Promp. Parv. 436/2 Romelynge, or privy mysterynge, ruminacio, mussitacio.
4. Cleaning in a rumble. Also attrib.
1888in Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. 295. 1924 Jrnl. Inst. Metals XXXII. 294 Small articles, such as may be treated in rumbling barrels. 1965G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. xiv. 217/1 The relatively unaltered phenocrysts were experimentally removed by screening, cleaned by washing and rumbling, and analysed. 1976Western Mail (Cardiff) 27 Nov., Further ancillary machines are available for drilling, tapping, rumbling and welding.
Restrict † Obs.—0 to sense 3 a in Dict. Add: [3.] b. pl. Early indications that some significant change is imminent or likely to occur; also, murmurs or grumblings of discontent. Occas. in sing.
1959F. Astaire Steps in Time ii. 14, I remember being aware of rumblings around our house—conversations about New York—a railroad trip being discussed. 1964Observer 12 Jan. 10/7 The Negro's protest today is but the first rumbling of the ‘underclass’. 1975Economist 11 Jan. 34/1 Mr Sadat used the same slogan to lull the rumblings of social discontent. 1989N.Y. Times 18 June 22/1 The first rumblings of momentous change in the Adirondack Park were heard in 1985.
▪ II. ˈrumbling, ppl. a.
[f. rumble v.1]
1. That rumbles, in senses of the verb.
1575Gascoigne Certayne Notes Instruct. Wks. T iv, Rather searche the bottome of your braynes for apte wordes, than chaunge good reason for rumbling rime. 1601B. Jonson Poetaster iii. iv, Now, thunder, sirrah, you, the rumbling plaier. 1631P. Fletcher Pisc. Eclog. ii. 3 His songs more please my ravisht eare, Then rumbling brooks that with the pebles play. 1710Steele Tatler No. 137 ⁋4 A few rumbling Words and Consonants clapped together, without any Sense. 1788Wesley Wks. (1872) VII. 27 Of no more value..than sounding brass or a rumbling cymbal. 1813Lady Granville Lett. (1894) I. 47 We..walked up and down the road listening to every rumbling cart. 1847J. Yeowell Anc. Brit. Church x. 104 A style at once rumbling, rough, and fierce. 1873W. Black Pr. Thule vi. 87 He had driven down..in a rumbling old trap.
b. Of a road: Causing carriages to rumble.
1756H. Walpole Let. to Bentley Aug., The great road as far as Stamford is superb... It is continued much farther, but is more rumbling.
c. Of a drain: Formed of loose stones.
App. in allusion to the noise made by the water; but cf. rummel 2.
1799J. Robertson Agric. Perth 270 In the upland where round stones are at hand, rumbling drains are most in use. 1894Heslop Northumb. Gloss., Rummlin-cundy, a drain..filled up to the surface with loose stones.
2. Of the nature of a rumble.
1635Swan Spec. M. v. §2 (1643) 116 The rumbling noise which we call Thunder. 1750Phil. Trans. XLVI. 679 The hollow rumbling Noise, which is usually heard in Earth⁓quakes. 1756C. Lucas Ess. Waters II. 124 A variety of rumbling, humming and whistling sounds. 1857W. Collins Dead Secret iii. i, The low rumbling tones of his voice ceased altogether. 1898Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 794 A kind of rumbling presystolic murmur is sometimes heard at the apex.
3. slang. Rough-and-tumble.
1815Sporting Mag. XLVI. 129 A sort of rumbling rally followed.
Hence ˈrumblingly adv. (Webster, 1847). |