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rumblen.1 Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: rumble v.2 Etymology: < rumble v.2 Compare Middle Dutch rommele rubbish, trash, junk (probably originally ‘tumult, uproar, noise’; Dutch rommel ), German (now regional: Switzerland) Rumpel rumbling noise (16th cent.), (now colloquial or regional) Rummel tumult, uproar, commotion, rubbish, trash, junk (18th cent.), Norwegian rummel rumbling noise, din, tumult, Danish rummel tumult, commotion, rubbish, trash, junk, and (with added prefix) Dutch gerommel rumbling noise (early 17th cent.), German Gerümpel , †Gerumpel rumbling noise, tumult, uproar, (now chiefly) rubbish, trash, junk (15th cent.). Compare rumbling n. and the Germanic parallels cited at that entry, and also the verbs from other Germanic languages cited at rumble v.2 1. a. A low continuous murmuring, grumbling, or growling sound. the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > roll or rumble c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1121 On the wal was peynted a Forest..In which ther ran a rombul [v.rr. rombul, rumbil, Rombel, rombled] in [v.r. and] a swough As thogh a storm sholde bresten euery bough. c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) iv. 2510 (MED) Þe dedly soun..pitously to Achilles is ronne Of hem þat laye..With rowmble & swowe resownyng in-to deþe. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil v. xii. 54 Hillis and valis trymblit of thondir rummyll. 1587 A. Fleming et al. (new ed.) III. 921/2 Which [guns] made such a rumble in the aire, that it was like thunder. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais xxix. 192 The breaking of this stony armour..made such a horrible rumble. 1728 (Royal Soc.) 35 126 These..Rumbles and Tremblings, were louder and greater at Newbury..than with us. 1769 T. Nugent tr. P. J. Grosley II. 377 The rumble of heavy carts jolting down a rugged slope. 1816 J. Scott vi. 122 It was the rumble of cannon. 1872 E. FitzGerald tr. (ed. 3) xiii. 4 The rumble of a distant Drum! 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. III. 43 The development of a true presystolic rumble. 1920 D. H. Lawrence (1921) i. 17 The low, steady rumble of sewing-machines overhead seemed like the low drumming of a bombardment upon her weak heart. 1940 ‘M. Innes’ ii. 21 The little restaurant had emptied and in place of a babel of talk and the clatter knives and forks there was only the rumble of traffic outside. 1998 Apr. (Holiday 98 Suppl.) 11/3 Kilimanjaro is a dormant, but not extinct volcano. Ominous rumbles can sometimes be heard. the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sounds heard in body > [noun] > sound heard in stomach or cavities a1607 H. Chettle (1631) iv. sig. G We shall haue a petit rumble in de belly. 1793 IV. 270 With direful rumble The cholick'd bowels grumble. 1832 D. Baird 32 From the first rumble in the bowels to the development of the blue stage, the period is..so short as to lead to the belief that this stage of the disease may occur almost instantaneously. 1894 28 Apr. 598/2 Only will trouble be probable if the rumble of their stomach's emptiness is allowed to disturb their minds. 1938 26 Mar. 671/1 The patient would experience an acute pain that doubled her up, this being followed by an abdominal rumble, with temporary relief. 1961 29 Nov. 13/6 I..used to hide in a cupboard with china when they came to check—scared that a rumble of my hungry stomach would give me away. 1999 June (Suppl.) 39/2 A distinct rumble from my stomach informed me of an imminent..eruption. 2010 (Nexis) 20 Mar. c5 Students should have a light, healthy snack to quiet stomach rumbles and to achieve optimal brain function during study time. the mind > language > speech > [noun] > that which is or can be spoken a1680 S. Butler (1759) I. 110 You wisely scorn your Stile to humble, Or for the Sense's Sake to wave the Rumble. 1711 tr. S. Werenfels Disc. Meteors Stile in tr. S. Werenfels 218 Admirable Words to fill the Mouth, and make a graceful Rumble. 1749 T. Bradbury xi. 233 Distinguishing the Trinity into one Person and two Powers cognoscitive and volitive, is only a Rumble of Words without Knowledge. 1893 S. Crane xiv. 117 The rumble of conversation was replaced by a roar. Plenteous oaths heaved through the air. 1897 ‘P. Warung’ 164 The rumble gave place to a strange pleading. 1902 ‘Linesman’ 217 As he talks in his jerky rumble. 1952 29 Sept. 107/2 The relentless rumble and roar of words pouring out the side of his mouth like an eternal waterfall. 2002 S. Waters ix. 263 I feel the movement of her breath and, deep in the bone of my cheek, the gentle rumble of her voice. society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign 1870 J. H. Bell Couleur de Rose 8 in II. In spite of a certain rumble of discontent, it is felt by the majority that the right thing has been done. 1927 H. R. Hull I. ii. i. 53 Ellen's life narrowed so into days of dull endurance that she was slow to hear the first rumbles of change. 1970 J. Huxley (1972) xiii. 175 There were rumbles of discontent among the Kikuyu. 1996 G. Stiles 74 To the rumbles that filled the room, Coeus held up his hand. 2010 T. Michell ii. 53 The first cars were just rolling off the production line in Busan as the first rumbles of the IMF crisis of 1997 were beginning to shake the weaker conglomerates. the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > roll or rumble > in sound reproduction 1947 18 Jan. 123/2 All rumble is surpressed [sic], along with needle scratch noise. 1968 29 Nov. (Sound of Leisure Suppl.) p. vii/1 It is the elimination of this noise, appropriately called rumble, which is the main concern of the manufacturers of gramophone records and record playing units. 1981 (Nexis) 17 May 37 The advantage of having the stereo mike outside the main unit is that it won't pick up any vibrations from the drive motor, which then show up as rumble on the tape. 2008 K. Coryat ii. 43 A vinyl-record turntable..with its surface hiss and rumble. society > communication > information > rumour > [noun] 1929 D. Hammett (1972) v. 43 I got a little job ahead that I thought you'd like to be in on. That's how I happened to be on tap when the rumble came. 1949 A. Underwood v. 82 As June approached, I heard a rumble that Mrs. Phillips had been paroled secretly. 1963 P. Brodeur 54 Picked up the rumble in a Gasthaus and thought he'd pass it on just in case. 1972 R. Allen ix. 53 There's a rumble he's planning a robbery in Gloucestershire but nothing definite yet. 1974 ‘E. McGirr’ 63 The rumble is that he works for Marcello. 1999 F. Alaya iii. 199 We heard a rumble that the City would take over the Area in a single sweep. the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 997 O. stormy peple..Ay vndiscreet and chaungynge as a vane Delitynge euere in rumbel [v.rr. rombile, Romble] þt is newe. 1533 T. More Apol. xxii, in 885/1 In the time of..Henry the fourth, aboute the time of a great rumble that the heretiques made. 1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara 425 The fighte and slaughter was so great, and the confusion, rumble, and crie of people so extreeme. 1675 C. Cotton 101 And no more such a rumble keep. 1682 W. Rogers 36 We see no real Cause..for the great noise and rumble he makes about Outward Laws. 1688 in H. Paton (1932) 3rd Ser. XIII. 283 Hearing a rumble in the roume where the persuer Paterson and other company wes [etc.]. 1704 B. Jenks lxxxiii. 338 Is it worth while, so to Cark, and beat my Brains, and make such a Rumble in the World [etc.]? 3. the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > a severe blow 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour (Adv.) xii. 557 Thar mycht men se..mony a reale romble [1487 St. John's Cambr. rymmyll] rid Be roucht thar apon ather sid. c1580 ( tr. (1925) I. i. l. 1781 Mony ruid rummill thay gaif. 1824 W. Scott II. xi. 252 My very flesh creeped when I thought what a rumble I was going to get. 1897 J. Mackinnon xv. 154 Come on an' hae a rum'le at the Pinner's door. society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > a fight > street or gang-fight 1946 Apr. 480 We're going to have a rumble with the Happy Gents tonight. Gang kids call these fights rumbles. 1953 D. Kramer & M. Karr i. 4 A leader naturally headed his followers in a rumble with another gang. 1974 18 July 73 (headline) Ali prepares for ‘rumble in the jungle’. 1977 31 Oct. 55/1 Singer Frank Sinatra seldom ducks a rumble with a reporter. 1996 D. Brimson & E. Brimson iii. 47 They (the other temporary Dons) had been in rumbles with Liverpool fans, but unlike us, they had caught loads of them and taken tickets back. 4. society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > parts of > hinder part for seating or luggage 1798 6 Mar. (advt.) A handsome round back C. G. pannelled Chaise, with a rumble, painted yellow. 1811 37 128 Alterations and extras..were made, among others, a rumble, with trunks. 1854 W. M. Thackeray I. xxvii. 262 Carriages, which..from interior, box, and rumble discharge a dozen English people at hotel gates. 1884 Queen Victoria 281 I got into a hired..open landau (on the rumble of which Brown sat, as in crowds it is much safer to have a person close behind you). 1912 B. Beach xv. 257 For all formal occasions, when you are driving any kind of a phaeton with a rumble, you should always have a servant on the rumble. 1980 13 156 He sets a spy on the rumble of Rachel's carriage. 2006 J. Jakes xxxii. 237 When I drive four-in-hand, two grooms ride in the rumble for starts, stops and emergencies. society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > extra folding seat society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > body or bodywork > rear part > rear part arranged to carry luggage 1908 U. Sinclair iii. 33 Oliver's car was an imported French racer. It had only two seats, open in front, with a rumble behind for the mechanic. 1911 Apr. 92/1 The Rayon bounded over the water-breaks in the hilly road, and Mr. Fawcett bounded sympathetically in the rumble. 1941 B. Schulberg viii. 189 I'll look in the rumble... I think I have some. 1997 R. B. Platt vi. 200 Bill pulled out a fine metal case from the car's rumble. the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > scouring, scrubbing, or rubbing > [noun] > implement for scouring or scrubbing > rotating box 1843 C. Holtzapffel I. 346 Small works are additionally cleaned in a rumble, or revolving cask, where they soon scrub each other clean. 1884 16 Feb. 131/2 A new rumble for scouring castings, washing ore, &c., consists of a cylinder journaled on the upper edge of a tank partly filled with water. 1900 Aug. 590 Mill scale may be removed..from the inside of water tubes by inserting a rod in each tube, putting a lot of such tubes in a rumble with sand, and revolving the rumble. 1910 177 1003 Finishing in manufacture (tumbling in a rumble). society > communication > information > [noun] > special or useful the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > [noun] > warning arousing the unwary > in the course of a crime 1905 June 205/1 One of our stickups got a rumble, and tried to jimmy the bull. 1911 C. G. Roe iv. 80 I posed as a theatrical manager..and caught many an unwary stage struck girl... I was taking small chances of being caught and in fact did not have a ‘rumble’ during all the time I was there. 1927 D. Hammett in Feb. 17/2 The neighbors give us the rumble. 1957 9 Dec. 57 The boys slip into town. You wouldn't think they would be noticed. But some busybody catches on and puts in a rumble. 1969 F. Salas (1994) vi. 96 I was a little exhilarated from having just beaten a bona fide bust, not a rumble, but a true bust, handcuffs and all. Compounds society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > extra folding seat 1819 21 Oct. 1/1 (advt.) A handsome London-built chariot..with Rumble Seat behind. 1882 57 A Denmark pony phaeton, with hood, is also fitted with rumble seat. 1897 8 Aug. 11/3 Miss Helen Brice, is ambitious to spin up and down Bellevue avenue in a horseless phaeton with a rumble seat for a tiger. 1912 23 Mar. 20/3 She's burnin' the wind out of town in a college boy's car with big May on the rumble seat behind. 1951 T. Capote iv. 95 They'd stuffed her into the rumble-seat of Big Eddie's old coupé and driven straight to the jail. 2001 June 76/2 (advt.) Fresh repaint and new chrome trim. Rumble seat. New MoT. Leathercloth trim. Drives beautifully. society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > surface > ridge to slow traffic 1957 14 Oct. 10/6 Additional ‘rumble strips’..are being constructed in Cook County, so successful have the first strips proved. 1974 12 July 15/3 Rumble strips put down in the road to slow traffic had no effect. 2007 (Nexis) June 16 One of the problems we have is the old rolled-in rumble strip on the right shoulder is coming apart. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). rumblen.2Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item; perhaps modelled on a Dutch lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a German lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a Danish lexical item. Etymons: rammel n.1, rumble n.1, rumble v.2 Etymology: Apparently either a variant or an alteration of rammel n.1, perhaps after Dutch rommel, German Rummel, Danish rummel, all in sense ‘rubbish, trash, junk’ (see rumble n.1), or perhaps after rubble n. Frequently reanalysed as if < rumble n.1 or rumble v.2The γ. forms could alternatively be taken as showing a variant of rammel n.1 with vowel rounding before a nasal consonant. I. Compounds. 1812 J. Henderson xii. 171 The expense of filling the rumble drain, may be valued at 1d per yard, where the stone is at hand. 1853 14 ii. 314 [He] drained at first with stones, these drains being what are termed Scottice rummle drains. 1894 R. O. Heslop Rummle-cundy, rummlin-cundy, a drain or trench filled up to the surface with loose stones to admit of percolation. 1896 F. M. T. Palgrave Rummle cundy, a ditch filled up with loose stones, for water to drain through. 1911 J. Ward iii. 54 The split trunks and branches at the base of the Camelon rampart may have formed a rumble drain, to keep the earthy materials above dry. 1926 9 187 The ‘rummle’ drain was of course soon superseded, first by a channel of built stones, later by horse-shoe tiles, and finally by circular tiles. 1943 H. Reid 33 The land about Kittochside had become ‘soured’ and unproductive owing to the prevalence of under-surface water, when in 1773 John Reid introduced his system of ‘rummle’ drains. 1989 M. Fulford v. i. 186 Drainage was initially primitive. A shallow gutter..was replaced with a new rumble-drain. II. Simple uses. the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [noun] > of shale 1850 J. Gibbs (1857) 4 The materials which I extract from the lias formation, locally called ‘rummell’ at the lime quarries at Barrow-on-Soar, in Leicestershire. 1875 G. C. Davies xxv. 184 Deep down in the hole there, you may at times get a sight of the rock, ‘Rommel’, as the men call it... This is a mixture of clay and sandstone. 1881 (N. Eng. Inst. Mining & Mech. Engineers) 14 (table) Soft rumble, with water. 1924 35 191 This resembles a form from the ‘Rummel Bed’ (johnstoni zone) of Barrow-on-Soar. 1937 48 164 Massive yellow limestone (Yellow Rummel). 3. the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] 1854 A. E. Baker II. 84 Rammell or Rommell, Stone rubbish, or rubble; the refuse left by masons, such as is used for the filling in of walls. 1888 S. O. Addy 195 Rummell, small chippings from stones. 1903 J. R. Wise in (1904) V. 25/1 [Warwickshire] Rommel. the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > dilapidated or ruinous condition > that which is dilapidated or ruinous 1866 W. Gregor 146 Rummle, a house, room,..etc. large and ugly; as, He lives in a great muckle rummle o' a room, wee a rummle o' a press in ilky corner, an' a muckle rummle o' a kist i' the side o't;..a heap of ruin. c1930 in (1968) VII. 517/1 [Kircudbrightshire] Ye'll break your neck, ye muckle rummle. 1952 J. Veitch 25 Her big rummle o' a laddie. 2003 A. Smith (SCOTS) Fit's yon rummle o steens aboot fifty yards awa? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † rumblev.1Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English rombe , roam v., -le suffix 3. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < rombe, variant of roam v. (compare α. forms at that entry) + -le suffix 3. However, compare later ramble v. and see discussion at that entry. Perhaps compare also rumble v.2 Obsolete. society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [verb (intransitive)] > with no fixed aim or wander c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland (Vesp.) (1873) C. vi. 11 (MED) Romblynge [c1400 Huntington 137 Romynge in remembraunce thus reson me aratede]. a1500 (c1477) T. Norton (BL Add.) (1975) 1045 Thei knew not the maters ne the grownd, But rombled forth, & euermore thei sowght. 1677 62 A rouling stone never getteth moss,..so if you rumble up and down you will gain but little credit. 1722 A. Ramsay i. 7 [She] Rumbled to ilka Market Town. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020). rumblev.2 Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Dutch. Or (ii) a borrowing from Middle Low German. Or (iii) an imitative or expressive formation. Etymons: Dutch rommelen; Middle Low German rummelen. Etymology: Either < Middle Dutch rommelen, rummelen (Dutch rommelen ) or Middle Low German rummelen, or showing a similar imitative formation within English. Compare Middle High German rumpeln (German rumpeln ), German rummeln , †rumeln (16th cent.), Norwegian rumle , Old Swedish rumbla (Swedish rumla ), Danish rumle . Compare rumble n.1The α. forms apparently show epenthetic -b- ; compare nimble adj. and further examples listed at that entry. I. To make a low heavy continuous sound, or act as if doing so. 1. the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [verb (intransitive)] > roll or rumble > by agitation or movement c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer (Ellesmere) (1875) G. §4. l. 1322 In his sleue..[he] hadde a siluer teyne He slyly tooke it out..And in the pannes botme he hath it laft And in the water rombled [c1430 Camgr. Gg.4.27 roumbelynge, c1480 Laud 739 romelith] to and fro And wonder pryuely took vp also The coper teyne. 1530 J. Palsgrave 693/1 I romble, I make noyse in a house with remevyng of heavy thynges, je charpente. the world > movement > motion in specific manner > move in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > move with rumbling noise the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [verb (transitive)] > roll or rumble > cause to 1614 B. Rich 1 Diogenes beganne to rolle and rumble his Tubb. 1632 W. Lithgow x. 467 So caused he euery morning..his Coach to be rumbled at his gate. 1749 W. Ellis ii. iii. 181 By the aforesaid Trial of squeezing and rumbling the Belly of a Sheep, a Shepherd finds there is Water in its Belly. 1857 A. Trollope III. xiv. 253 He rumbled his money with his hands in his trowsers pockets. 1879 H. E. Malden 76 Hurrah, hurrah for the Beetle, the lubber, As he rumbles his drum on high. 1942 Oct. 125/2 The physical culturist whose daily practice shakes and rumbles the house. 1964 K. Kesey 358 The unseen pack bore down, rumbling the planks with a rhythm of galloping claws. 1999 S. Lug tr. H. Müller 73 She rumbles up the roller blinds. 2. the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [verb (intransitive)] > uproar or tumult c1405 (c1375) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 449 The peple cryde and rombled [v.rr. rumbled, rumblede] vp and doun That wt hise erys herde he how they seyde Where is this false tirant this Neroun. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve (Harl. 4866) (1897) 2754 (MED) Þe peple gan to rumble & clappe & crye And the consules preyed of þe Citee The reuers. 1591–2 (1836) 17 Neptune..michty monsteris maid affeird..Quhen he on rokis did rage & rumbill. c1613 in T. Stapleton (1839) p. lv And they went ro [m] bling up the said towne & downe; they said openly [etc.]. the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > speak in a particular manner [verb (intransitive)] > mutter or mumble the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > speak in a particular manner [verb (intransitive)] > speak in other specific ways (Harl. 221) 439 Rummuelon [Winch. Rummelone; King's Cambr. Rummelyn], or prively mystron [Winch. musteron], mussito [King's Cambr. rumino]. a1567 T. Becon (1577) sig. A.vii v They blesse, they curse, they sing, they say, they patter, they praie, they mumble, they rumble, they tumble, they iumble, [etc.]. 1585 A. Munday tr. L. Pasqualigo v. iv. sig. G.iv I graunt I am none of these fine Criminadoes, that can tumble in a Genlewomans lap, and rumble in her eare. 1601 W. Cornwallis II. xliv. sig. Gg v He gapes, hee rumbles, he cryes out of solitarines. 1649 J. Hall 8 What noyses, what calmes! what tractures, what unnaturall closures! how doe you one time Rumble like a Brewers empty Cart. 1709 D. Manley 159 She rumbles in Verses of Atomes, Artick and Antartick, of Gods, and strange things. 1755 H. Walpole Let. 15 Nov. in (1974) XXXVII. 415 Nugent roared, and Sir Thomas rumbled. 1839 C. Redwood 171 He rumbles along with them in a hollow guttural tone. 1893 J. S. Stone 53 He rumbles and blazes when confronted with a matter contrary to his taste, like a Vesuvius in eruption. 1920 S. Lewis xvi. 200 She lay awake, while he rumbled with sleep. 1931 H. J. Hultman vi. 50 He rumbled into speech. 1992 A. Norton & M. Lackey 305 A voice rumbled warningly behind him. the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > say in other sort of manner the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [verb (transitive)] > roll or rumble c1520 (de Worde) sig. A.ii Than rombled the douue for her lot Folke may be mery and synge not. 1591 A. Colynet viii. 485 They could no more rumble and thunder their sermons. 1603 A. Dent (new ed.) 196 Then will they rumble ouer their praiers, or be pattering some Pater nosters. 1686 G. Stuart 23 Sometimes having tane a fresh-cup, He'll rumble you out, ‘down drops the Bishop’. 1736 S. Duck 145 I, like the rest, advance my Lays; with uncouth Numbers, rumble forth a Song. 1780 J. Hope 123 My method of levelling these Gentry is by rumbling out a bit of German or Dutch. 1871 U. Hawthorne in I. 21 The organ was rumbling forth a deep, lugubrious bass. 1892 I. Zangwill I. xii. 255 They rumbled and roared and chorused prayers with a zeal that shook the window-panes. 1903 J. Conrad & F. M. Hueffer i. iv. 34 A voice grumbled surlily...Then it rumbled out some remarks. 1973 ‘B. Mather’ iv. 47 ‘If you've got anything to tell me I'd certainly like to hear it,’ he rumbled. 1993 T. Murphy Thief of Christmas i, in 197 (stage direct.) He rumbles a laugh to himself. 1996 (Univ. Texas) May–June 12/3 She rumbled out the last word at low volume but ominous intensity. 3. Of an inanimate object or immaterial thing: to make a low heavy continuous, but varying, sound. a. c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) l. 1218 Among al this to rumbelyn [c1450 Fairf. romblen, ?c1450 Pepys Romlyn, c1500 Rawl. Roumbelyn] gan the heuene The thundyr rorede with a gresely steuene. c1500 Lyfe Roberte Deuyll 991 in W. C. Hazlitt (1864) I. 257 All the grounde of the noyse rombled. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil ii. 41 A thundring In the skye dyd rumble. 1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton v. ii. 223 Romble romble goe the waters. 1647 N. Bacon 123 The Canon law that ever since Austins comming like Thunder rumbled in the cloud. 1756 P. Browne i. i. 7 The mountains rumbled, cracked, and opened in several places. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere vii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge 46 A sound was heard! Under the water it rumbled on. 1851 N. Hawthorne (1879) 80 An earthquake rumbled through the town. 1872 H. I. Jenkinson 145 The waves are distinctly heard.., rumbling in a narrow and distant part. 1904 July 244/2 A monkey howled here, and a cat screamed there, and the river rumbled incessantly. 1965 K. Skov tr. J. Brøndsted xiv. 275 When he races across the clouds with his team of he-goats, the thunder rumbles. 2001 3 June (Mag.) 54/1 I was sitting on the rim of Galeras, in Colombia, when the volcano rumbled and rocks cascaded into the crater. the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [verb (intransitive)] > roll or rumble > in bowels 1535 Isa. xvi. C Wherfore my bely rombled (as it had bene a lute) for Moabs sake. 1572 in J. Cranstoun (1891) I. xxxiii. 92 My bowells Rumbills as thay wald vther eit. 1602 J. Marston i. sig. Cv His bowels rumbling with winde passion. 1684 tr. T. Bonet viii. 311 When the Belly rumbles without any swelling. 1721 J. Mortimer (ed. 3) I. 236 And when behind he will be very stiff, and his Guts rumble. 1797 J. Downing 72 The wind rumbleth in its bowels. 1846 C. Redding I. i. 17 It is unpleasant to make love with a stomach that rumbles like a drum. 1882 27 May 583 He had been retching and vomiting violently, and rejecting everything that went into his stomach, which rumbled horribly. 1918 Nov. 529/1 The bowels rumble and make a great deal of noise. The appetite is usually ravenous. 1970 A. Draper vi. 41 My old kelly was rumbling and I fancied a pie and chips. 2008 C. Sanderson xxi. 207 Delicious gamy smells wafted out of the kitchen, making my tummy rumble. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine f. ccclxvi/2 His thye beganne romble and made soo grete a noyse that it semed that the bone brake. 1596 E. Spenser v. ii. sig. Ov His timbered bones all broken rudely rumbled . View more context for this quotation 1638 F. Junius 41 When the wind-shaken ropes rumble and rustle. 1683 J. Moxon II. 67 Irregularities will both Mount and Sink the Cramp-Irons, and make them Run rumbling upon the Ribs. 1774 95 He comes near the field of action, And hears the drums and cannons rumble. 1848 C. Dickens lvi. 563 The organ rumbled and rolled as if the church had got the colic. 1874 L. Carr I. i. 20 Those words of comfortable wisdom, which rumbled sonorously overhead. 1900 C. C. Munn 364 The mill-stone [would] rumble, the big wheel splash. 1953 D. Whipple ii. 17 Bicycle bells jangled incessantly, lorries rumbled, cars hooted. 2002 19 Dec. 77/1 A top speed of 100mph and a 460cc engine that rumbles menacingly when idling. 1637 Abp. J. Williams ii. 45 This Vtopian contradiction that rumbled in your brain. a1652 R. Brome (1657) ii. i. sig. C2/1 A wild confusion rumbles in my brain. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Wife of Bathe's Tale in 485 The Counsel rumbled till it found a vent. 1837 T. Carlyle (1839) IV. 258 So uncommonly lively are these Abstractions..as rumble here in the historical head! a1913 L. F. Ward (1918) VI. cdli. 39 I was lying back against the time when I should be ‘good and ready’ to write my Applied Sociology, which, even so early, was rumbling in my brain. 2002 C. Williams 179 I had a good deal of unfinished business rumbling around in my head. 4. intransitive. Chiefly with adverb or adverbial phrase. the world > movement > motion in specific manner > move in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move noisily > with rumbling noise the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [verb (intransitive)] > roll or rumble the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [verb (intransitive)] > roll or rumble > move with c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 1026 The grete soun..that rumbleth vp and doun In fames house. 1569 E. Spenser tr. Petrarch Epigr. in T. Roest tr. J. van der Noot sig. Biiijv A Spring of water mildely romblyng downe. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas i. ii. 55 It roules and roares, and round-round-round it rumbles. 1642 5 The Coaches which had wont to rumble up and downe. 1725 9 The Black Carravan so bestuck with fine Things,..Like Tom's empty Vessel, it rumbled along. 1774 O. Goldsmith I. 69 Stones..rumbling along the sides of the descent for some time. 1841 C. Dickens i. xv. 170 Some straggling carts and coaches rumbling by. 1893 H. Vizetelly II. xxiv. 47 The cab rumbled back to town. 1902 May 222 The splendid rush of the train rumbling reverberantly along the level tracks. 1955 L. G. Green 13 ‘Mense!’ someone would shout in excitement as the car rumbled up. ‘People!’ 2001 M. Schalesky xx. 182 Somewhere to the west the Allegheny River rumbled southward to meet the mighty Ohio. society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > ride in a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > shaking and jolting 1642 J. Row sig. A2 Now you may heare the proud Prelates rumbling up and downe the streets in their Coaches. 1677 W. Petty Let. 18 Nov. in (1928) i. xxiii. 40 I cannot send the draught of the Chariot this day; nor am I willing to do it, till I have rumbled up and downe the Country. 1764 J. Boswell Let. 14 July in (1953) I. 24 I rumbled in the journalière to Berlin. 1781 Dec. 642/1 We rumbled over this disagreeable moor for six miles. 1803 G. Colman ii. ii. 25 I've rumbled on the road, all night, Frank; my bones ache. 1832 W. Irving II. 182 He ordered out his carriage of state, and..rumbled down the avenue of the Alhambra. 1883 Feb. 395/1 We rumbled away in a sort of mourning-coach. 1915 J. Buchan iii. 50 We rumbled slowly into a land of little wooded glens. 1963 Oct. 56/1 The car slowed for a steel-slung bridge, and they rumbled over the dry, rock-strewn bed of a stream. 1990 E. J. Howard i. 107 Mr. Pickthorne gave a glassy smile, and clashed his gears before rumbling off down the drive. 1834 C. G. F. Gore II. i. 5 An administration which, however questionable its method of holding the reins, caused the great vehicle of the state to rumble on without drag or staff. 1861 Nov. 539 The story would rumble on in all its dreary integrity. 1862 S. Lucas 89 The war that was rumbling past them was no business of theirs. 1913 M. S. Watts i. x. 150 The debate about arbitration and intervention rumbled on. 1959 S. Raven in H. Thomas (1962) 70 They are still sufficiently confident to rumble along and transact the Army's business quite adequately. 2007 10 May (Technology section) 2/1 It's been an iceberg issue—rumbling on beneath the surface—within corporate IT for a couple of months now. 1966 25 Apr. 49/3 Clay [i.e. Muhammad Ali] walked in wearing his blue denim bear-hunting outfit..and he was hollering, ‘I'm ready to rumble.’ 1978 20 Apr. dc1 ‘Ready?’ asked the judge's clerk. ‘Ready to rumble,’ replied Rosen. 1995 L. Gough v. 34 He'd..wait until the cowpokes went for a stroll, and then turn their irreplaceable classic 67 Mustang into an untidy pile of scrap iron... He was, ready to rumble, and guess what happens next? The cowboys ride their Mustang into the sunset. 2003 K. Kattan 168 Most markets can support one indoor court for every 10,000 people. Check the court inventory in your community. If the number comes up short, it's time to rumble. 2009 (Nexis) 23 Mar. Are you ready to prove your tech acumen by acing our quiz? Give yourself 10 points for each correct answer. Ready? Let's rumble. II. To move violently or agitatedly. 5. the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > move irregularly or be agitated [verb (intransitive)] > roll or tumble about > of persons or animals ?1516 T. More The[y] roll and rumble They tourne & tumble, lyke pygges in a poke. c1525 J. Rastell sig. Av Cryto..I thynk lay not easyly and began to romble. 1581 B. Rich sig. Njv Lucilla rumblyng from one side of the bedde vnto the other, had rolled of all the clothes. 1908 A. C. Martin in (Glasgow Ballad Club) 3rd Ser. 58 When sea-sickness cools your spunk, And sore ye rummle in your bunk. the world > movement > motion in specific manner > move in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move noisily ?1553 (1952) i. iii. 9 I wolde fayne be shouldering and rumbeling emonge them. 1568 A. Scott (1896) ii. 175 Sum ruscht, sum rummyld, and sum reild. 1702 in (1908) 38 Rumbling up and down the streets and disturbing people in the silence of the night. 1723 16 Jan. All the three rumbled or tripped through the floor as if they had been dancing a reell. 1790 A. Wilson 72 Whiles rumlin' owre his box't-up pelf. 1868 5 Sept. Noo o'er a buffet stool ye rum'le. 6. the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > consider, deliberate [verb (transitive)] 1519 W. Horman xxiii. f. 196v Whan they had longe roumbled this treson in theyr mynde. 1767 T. Bridges (ed. 2) II. xii. 236 The wise Polydamas we find Rumbl'd this matter in his mind. 2007 ‘P. Crosse’ xxiv. 353 She lets her mind ruminate, lets it churn and rumble and digest the Idea. the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > treat violently [verb (transitive)] > treat violently or roughly the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > specific people from a place, position, or possession > forcibly or ignominiously 1570 T. Wilson in tr. Demosthenes 117 The people would needes rumble him out of his seate where he made his Oration, by making an vncomely noyse with their handes and feete. 1640 R. Chamberlain i. i. sig. B2 She is a Blade, a Sparke, a Teare-coate; and he that carries her away, must mumble her, jumble her, rumble her, and tumble her. 1811 37 128 Mr. Jekyll..was afraid that his client must consent to be rumbled out of Court. 1815 46 65 Croxey rumbled his antagonist in the first five rounds of the combat. 1911 May 611/1 What's the matter, Bill?.. You look like somebody had rumbled you for your poke. 1963 28 Jan. 9/5 Many people who even want Britain to enter the Common Market express a little joy in seeing de Gaulle rumbling your people. 1981 P. Turnbull i. 18 Muggings..in Glasgow mostly take place in the schemes, and most victims are rumbled for their carryouts. 1994 14 July 3 He'd been ‘rumbled vigorously’ by Kim Hill, put through the mill by a previous interviewer and was ready to pack his bags for Christchurch and more interviews. society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)] > have a gang-fight 1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe vi. 70 Each one was cussing up a breeze about the other's mother until they began to rumble. 1969 S. Greenlee xiv. 121 The teenage gangs..haven't been rumbling and so they have a lot of latent hostility to get rid of. 1977 ‘E. McBain’ viii. 116 We was tired, man. We been rumblin all the past month..gang-busting. 1987 Sept. 18/2 McPherson..was known to be a rugged fighter who..rumbled with Tate for the first two rounds. 1996 10 May b6/1 Trevor Walden is set to rumble with Premier Glen Clark in B.C. Supreme Court. 2003 M. E. Galang in M. Villanueva & V. Cerenio i. 26 Two rival gangs rumbled with switchblades and surgical knives they'd taken from their fathers' offices. 7. the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (transitive)] > shake > rouse by shaking 1597 Bp. J. Hall ii. iv. 36 Should I..spie out maruels in each Vrinall: And rumble vp the filths that from them fall? 1621 M. Wroth 476 Those that were of the age before, who hauing young minds rumbled vp their old carcases, and rubd ouer their wrinckling faces. a1859 W. Watt (1860) 233 Syne rumbled up the rakin' coal, That shaw'd his shin a' bluid. 1885 ‘M. Field’ William Rufus v. ii, in 205 Our forefathers lay still; men had good thoughts In the old place: it seemed a heathen thing To hack it up... You rumbled up the dead. 2003 (Nexis) 11 May 1 People cannot believe the arcane procedures and the stuffiness. There's a great deal that needs to be changed. It needs to be rumbled up a bit. the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > agitate [verb (transitive)] > stir 1724 Wyfe of Auchtermuchty xi, in A. Ramsay I. 141 Quhen he had rumblit a full lang Hour, The Sorrow crap of Butter he gat. 1825 J. Jamieson Suppl. To Rummle, to stir about; as, ‘to rummle potatoes’, when mixed with any liquid. 1881 7 May 345/3 Mr. Irving..rumbled his hair incessantly, waved a red cloak about him bull-fighter fashion, and otherwise occupied himself. 1887 J. Service xviii. 117 He rummled my hass wi' a spune-shank. 1930 193 Shü rumbled da tatties i' da pot. 1939 P. Gallagher 22 There was a flood in the river that morning and John Charlie and my father rummelled it and got a creel full of trout. 1948 May I fled awa' tae de hen hoose, an' cam' back an' rummeled twa eggs. 1996 C. I. Macafee 281/2 Rumble,..2. shake about; mix by stirring. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > play football [verb (transitive)] > actions or manoeuvres 1954 2 Sept. 18 Cries of ‘rummel-'em-up’ or ‘sink the referee’. 1985 M. Munro 59 That big centre-forward should get in amongst the defence and rummle them up a bit. 1998 (Nexis) 28 Dec. 4 For their kick-off, they lined up seven attackers. The intention was to rummel up Morton. 2000 4 Apr. 36 They got stuck in, rummled 'em up. the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > scouring, scrubbing, or rubbing > scour, scrub, or rub [verb (transitive)] > clean in rumble 1868 15 The pills are rumbled in a barrel, to give them a smooth appearance. 1897 26 1024 The maximum gain in transverse strength, due to rumbling the bars. 1904 F. W. Harbord & J. W. Hall xxxiv. 532 Small forged or stamped and malleable cast articles, which can be ‘rumbled’ bright in a shaking barrel, take the metal fairly well. 1957 7 Nov. 23/3 The thin parting bridges [of ball-bearings] are automatically severed and, after cooling, the balls are rumbled to remove the burr. III. Other uses. 9. slang (chiefly British). Cf. rumble n.1 6. the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] 1897 A. R. Marshall 65 I rumbled the tip as a matter of course. 1898 A. M. Binstead ix. 209 I soon rumbled he was in it, when I heard Ball givin' him the ‘me lord’ for it. 1949 W. L. Gresham 170 What would you do if they discovered what your dry fountain pen holds? If they ‘rumbled your gaff’, so to speak? 1959 Aug. 29/2 He evidently didn't rumble anything was at all unusual. 1979 E. Newman xvi. 145 ‘Have you any influence with him?’ ‘He'd rumble that. He'd think I was your agent.’ 2001 Mar. 4/2 Garay's fake passport had been rumbled by sharp-eyed immigration officials. the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > detect > detect (in) an imposture 1912 C. Mackenzie x. 116 I've properly rumbled your Danby. 1928 E. Wallace iii. 69 I rumbled you as soon as I took a screw through the winder. 1956 ‘A. Gilbert’ viii. 115 The tobacconist..had been rumbled and compelled to give evidence. 1966 J. Bingham iii. 43 You've been rumbled. What's the use of a gun? 1997 7 Apr. 10/5 A transvestite incarcerated in the women's ward at a Turkish jail was rumbled as a man. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.1c1405n.21812 v.1c1400 v.2c1405 |
