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rumble(2)(dictionary)
rumble(3)(dictionary)
Rumble - Poker(gambling)
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rumble 1, verb(dictionary)
rumble 2, noun(dictionary)
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telecommunications (oh) and rumble(3) (iou)


telecommunications (oh)



the sending and receiving of messages by telephone, Radio, Television etc
::a new telecommunications system
::the telecommunications industry

rumble(3) (iou)



rumble verb1. LME.
[Prob. from Middle Dutch rommelen, rumm- (Dutch romm-), of imit. origin. Sense 7 may be a different word (cf. RUMBLE noun 5).]
verb intrans. Make a low, heavy, continuous but varying sound, as of distant thunder. LME.
H. Jobson My stomach was rumbling, yet I still couldn't face the idea of Food.
verb intrans. Move with such a sound; (of people) be carried in a rumbling vehicle. (Foll. by up, down, round, by, etc.) LME.
P. G. Wodehouse In the street..a..waggon rumbled past.
verb intrans.
a. Make a noise or disturbance. Long obsolete exc. Scot. LME.
b. Produce a rumbling noise by agitating or moving something. rare. LME.
c. Toss about in bed or on the ground. Long obsolete exc. Scot. dial. L16.
verb trans. Cause to move or Travel with a rumbling sound; dial. scramble (eggs), mash (potatoes), stir, agitate. E16.
verb trans. Utter, say, or give out, with a rumbling sound. (Foll. by out.) L16.
verb trans. Put out unceremoniously; handle roughly. slang. E19.
verb trans. Get to the bottom of; see through, understand; recognize or discover the wrongdoing or misbehaviour of (a person). slang. L19.
P. D. James She worked for..something..sinister and they rumbled her.
verb trans. Clean (iron castings) in a rumble. E20.
verb intrans. Take part in a fight, esp. in the street. slang (chiefly N. Amer.). M20.
rumblement noun (rare) a rumbling E18.
rumbler noun a person who or thing which rumbles; spec. (a) a resounding line of poetry; (b) a cart, a carriage; (c) a type of round bell on a harness etc.: E17.
rumbling noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) a rumbling noise; in pl., early indications of a forthcoming or likely event; grumblings of discontent: LME.
rumbling adjective (a) that rumbles; of the Nature of a rumble; (b) (of a drain) formed of loose stones: M16.