Definition of Rumbling

1. Noun. A loud low dull continuous noise. "They heard the rumbling of thunder"

Exact synonyms: Grumble, Grumbling, Rumble
Generic synonyms: Noise
Derivative terms: Grumble, Grumble, Grumble, Grumble, Rumble, Rumble, Rumble, Rumble

2. Adjective. Continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound. "The rumbling rolling sound of thunder"
Exact synonyms: Grumbling
Similar to: Full

Definition of Rumbling

1. Adjective. Deep and slow sounding. ¹

2. Noun. The sound of complaint. ¹

3. Verb. (present participle of ''rumble'') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rumbling

1. a deep, thunderous sound [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rumbling

rumbaing
rumbalike
rumbas
rumbelow
rumbelows
rumble
rumble seat
rumble seats
rumbled
rumbler
rumblers
rumbles
rumbleth
rumblier
rumbliest
rumbling (current term)
rumblingly
rumblings
rumbly
rumbo
rumbooze
rumbos
rumbowline
rumbud
rumbuds
rumbullion
rumbullions
rumbunctious
rumbunctiousness
rumbustious

Literary usage of Rumbling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1847)
"Why they prophesy, and speak strange language«; whence their crudity, rumbling, convulsions, cold sweat, heaviness of heart, palpitation, cardiaca, ..."

2. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1877)
"Pain about the umbilicus, with rumbling, emission of flatulence and desire for stool ... rumbling in the abdomen the whole night,5.—rumbling in the abdomen, ..."

3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"Some people went out of church ; seme said there was a rumbling noise, as if a waggon were passing by. In some houses the bells rang, and the clocks or ..."

4. Black's Picturesque Tourist of Scotland by Adam and Charles Black (Firm), Charles Black (1878)
"There are good hotels at Dollar and the rumbling Bridge, at either of which vehicles may put up. The scenery of the " Vale of Devon " is justly celebrated. ..."

5. Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and by William Shepard Walsh (1897)
"One day, while at work, they heard a rumbling noise over their heads. Fear seized them that they had been discovered. Guy Fawkes, going out to in- GUY ..."

6. Universal Geography: Or, a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1826)
"Others are found in different parts of Siberia. rumbling The " rumbling Lake" is found at a short distance from Iake' the little river of ..."

7. Hebraic Literature: Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Maurice Henry Harris (1901)
"Rav Ketina is of the opinion that the rumbling noise is caused by God clapping His hands together, as it is said (Ezek. xxi. 22 ; AV, ver. ..."

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