Definitions for rumbles

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rumbles rum·ble

Spelling: [ruhm-buh l]

IPA: /ˈrʌm bəl/

Rumbles is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 204 anagrams from letters in rumbles (belmrsu).

Definitions for rumbles

noun

1. a deep, heavy, somewhat muffled, continuous sound:
2. rumble seat.
3. a rear part of a carriage containing seating accommodations, as for servants, or space for baggage.
4. a tumbling box.
5. Slang. a street fight between rival teenage gangs.

verb (used with object)

1. to give forth or utter with a rumbling sound:
2. to cause to make or move with a rumbling sound:
3. to subject to the action of a rumble or tumbling box, as for the purpose of polishing.

verb (used without object)

1. to make a deep, heavy, somewhat muffled, continuous sound, as thunder.
2. to move or travel with such a sound:
3. Slang. to have or take part in a street fight between or among teenage gangs:

Origin of rumbles

1325-75; 1940-45 for def 3; (v.) Middle English romblen, rumblen; compare Dutch rommelen, probably of imitative orig.; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.

Examples for rumbles

And a rumble quickly grew to an earth-shaking blast of thunder.

There was a rumble of thunder far out on the western prairie.

The Courier in the rumble was not altogether comfortable in his mind.

As we approach the rumble of guns grows louder and alternates with the whir of cannonballs, which begin to attract his attention.

The rumble of the buildings coming down was like a thousand jets taking off at once.

When, at last, he spoke, his voice was a rumble of strangely shy pleasure.

There were flashes of lightning outside and the rumble of thunder.

They both turned at the rumble of the train outside the station.

Over the past week, Sony Pictures Entertainment has received more body blows than Muhammad Ali during the rumble in the Jungle.

Artillery and mortar duels all around the outskirts of Donetsk rumble angrily every day.