Meaning of rumble In English

• 0 to make a continuous low sound:

  • Please excuse my stomach rumbling - I haven't eaten all day.

  • Thunder rumbled in the distance.

  • Convoys of tanks rumbled (= moved while rumbling) through the city streets.

• 1 to discover the true facts about someone or something secret and often illegal:

  • His boss eventually rumbled him, and he was sacked.

• 2 to take part in a physical fight

• 3 a continuous low sound:

  • We could hear the rumble of distant guns/thunder.

  • They heard a low rumble and watched the sky darken.

• 4 a physical fight:

  • Everyone around here knew that there was going to be a rumble between the two groups.

  • He heard the rumble beginning outside.

• 5 to make a continuous, low sound, or to move slowly while making such a sound:

  • My stomach is rumbling.

  • The trucks rumbled across the field.