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Definition: Rumbling |
RumblingAdjective1. Continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound; "the rumbling rolling sound of thunder". Noun1. A loud low dull continuous noise; "they heard the rumbling of thunder". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "rumbling" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Synonyms: RumblingSynonyms: grumble (n), grumbling (n), rumble (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Rumbling |
| English words defined with "rumbling": Borborygm ♦ Curmurring ♦ discontentedly ♦ growl, Grum, grumble, grumbling ♦ rumble, Rumblingly. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "rumbling": Borborygmi, borborygmus. (references) |
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Lyrics | But now your stone cold heart has started rumbling (Prince Of Darkness; performing artist: The Nylons) | |
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 | Bang; clang; crash; clash; rumble; rumbling; slam; smash; thud; thunder; wham . |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It was the rumbling of the vehicles |
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Health | However, the same person may be able to hear clearly the low-pitched sound of a truck rumbling down the street. (references) | |
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| "Rumbling" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 57.62% of the time. "Rumbling" is used about 151 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 57.62% | 87 | 35,390 |
| Noun (singular) | 39.74% | 60 | 43,597 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.99% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.66% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 151 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "rumbling": ever-rumbling, floor-rumbling. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
rumbling stomach | 9 |
cave falls rumbling | 4 |
rumbling | 3 |
marbles rumbling | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "rumbling"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | قرقرة (guggle, gurgle, rumble), صرير (creak, grinding, jar, rasping, screech, sizzle, squeak), خشخشة (clank, clatter, clink, crinkle, jingle, rattle, rustle, rustling, tinkle). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | куркане (rumble), недоволство (disaffection, discontent, discontentment, displeasure, dissatisfaction, grievance, grudge, malcontent, murmur, rebellion, rumble, rumblings, trouble), мърморене (groan, growl, grumble, murmur, mutter, muttering, natter, rumble, rumblings), буботене (rumble). (various references) | |
Chinese | 隆隆". (various references) | |
Finnish | vatsaani kurnii (my stomach is rumbling). (various references) | |
French | roulement, grondement (rumble), grincement, frémissement, crépitement, borborygmes. (various references) | |
German | rumpelnd (lumbering), rumpeln (clatter, lumber, rumble), polternd (blustering, jangling), knurren (groan, growl, growls, moan, rumble, snarl, to snarl), knacken (break into, burgle, click, crack, crackle, creak, crush, knock out, pop, rumble, snap, to crack, work out), grollen (be angry, growl, peal, roll, rumble), Gepolter (banging, clatter, din, thudding), donnern (boom, fulminate, roar, rumble, thunder, to boom, to fulminate, to thunder). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שקשוק (clatter, noise), "מי" (moan, rattle, sound, tumult). (various references) | |
Hungarian | dörgés (bellow, boom, clap, fulmination, roar, roaring, rolling, rumble, thunder), zörömbölés (rumble), moraj (boom, clamor, clamour, hum, murmur, rumble, rut), korgás (rumble). (various references) | |
Indonesian | gelegar (beam, girder, thundering). (various references) | |
Italian | ronzio (buzz, buzzing, drone, hum, humming, whir, zoom), brontolio (fuss, grumbling, murmur, muttering, rumble). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 鳴動 , 鳴動 , 轟轟 (thunderously), 轟々 (thunderously), 殷々と (with roaringsounds). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | い"い"と (with roaringsounds), "う"う (boisterousness, noise, thunderously), めいどう. (various references) | |
Korean | 울리. (various references) | |
Manx | tharmane (alarm, atmospherics, blow, boom, boom noise, clash, concussion, confusion, continual noise, crash, crash of noise, din, report, rumble, smacking, tumult). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | umblingray.(various references) | |
Romanian | hodorogit (croaking, hoarse, rattletrap), chiorãit (collywobbles, rumble). (various references) | |
Scottish | torman (rumbling sound), brunsgal (rumbling noise). (various references) | |
Swedish | mullrande (grumble, rumble). (various references) | |
Thai | เสียง"ังครืน, อาการไม่พอใจ, ซึ่งส่งเสียง"ังครืน. (various references) | |
Turkish | guruldama (grumble, rumble). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Jeremiah Chapter 47, Verse 3 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai epoihsen kurioV oti hmartete autw kai ouk hkousate autou thV fwnhV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ab strepitu pompae armorum et bellatorum eius a commotione quadrigarum eius et multitudine rotarum illius non respexerunt patres filios manibus dissolutis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Fro the noise of the bost of the armede men, and of his fiyteres, and fro the stiring of his foure horsid carres, and fro the multitude of his whelis. Beheelden not the fadris the sonus with hondus losid atwynne, |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | At the noise of the stamping of the feet of his war-horses, at the rushing of his carriages and the thunder of his wheels, fathers will give no thought to their children, because their hands are feeble; |
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| Language | Jeremiah Chapter 47, Verse 3 |
| Cebuano | Sa dinaguok sa pinagakpak sa mga tiil sa iyang makusganong mga kabayo, sa pagdasdas sa iyang mga carro nga iggugubat, sa kinagalkal sa iyang mga ligid, ang mga amaban ili na molingi sa pagtan-aw sa ilang mga anak tungod sa kaluiya sa mga kamot; |
| Croatian | uz tutanj kopita njegove ždrebadi, uza štropot kola i tresku toèkova. Oci više ne mare za djecu svoju jer su im ruke klonule |
| Danish | For Lyden af hans Hingstes Hovslag, hans Vognes Drøn, hans raslende Hjul får Fædre ej set efter Bøm, thi Hænderne er slappe, |
| Dutch | Vanwege het geluid van het geklater der hoeven zijner sterke paarden, vanwege het geraas zijner wagenen, en het bulderen zijner raderen; de vaders zien niet om naar de kinderen, vanwege de slappigheid der handen; |
| Finnish | Kun kuuluu hänen orhiensa kavioitten töminä, hänen vaunujensa jyrinä, hänen rattaittensa ryske, eivät isät käänny lapsiansa auttamaan, sillä hervottomat ovat heidän kätensä |
| French | A cause du retentissement des sabots de ses puissants chevaux, Du bruit de ses chars et du fracas des roues; Les pères ne se tournent pas vers leurs enfants, Tant les mains sont affaiblies, |
| German | vor dem Getümmel ihrer starken Rosse, so dahertraben, und vor dem Rasseln ihrer Wagen und Poltern ihrer Räder; daß sich die Väter nicht werden umsehen nach den Kindern, so verzagt werden sie sein |
| Haitian Creole | Lè y'a tande bri zago chwal yo ap frape tè a, bri cha lagè yo k'ap kouri vini ak bri wou yo k'ap woule atè a, papa p'ap ka fè anyen pou pitit yo, tèlman y'a dekouraje. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Mereka akan mendengar derap kuda, bunyi derak-derik kereta, dan kertak-kertuk roda-rodanya. Orang tua akan menjadi lemah dan tidak lagi memikirkan anaknya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dari pada bunyi pengentak-entak kuku segala kudanya, dari pada menderu bunyi segala ratanya dan dari pada bunyi kertak-kertuk segala jenteranya; bahwa bapa-bapapun tiada lagi menoleh kepada anak-anaknya, demikianlah peri kelemahan segala tangan, |
| Italian | Allo scalpitar dei suoi possenti cavalli, al fragor dei suoi carri, al cigolio delle ruote, i padri non si voltano verso i figli, le loro mani sono senza forza |
| Maori | Hei te haruru o te takahi o nga paua o ona hoiho kaha, hei te rorohu o ona hariata, hei te ngaehe o ona wira, kore iho nga matua e tahuri ki muri ki a ratou tamariki i te ngoikore hoki o nga ringa; |
| Norwegian | når hans veldige hesters hovslag drønner, når hans vogner ramler, når hans hjul dundrer, da ser ikke fedrene sig om efter barna, så motfalne er de |
| Portuguese | ao ruído estrepitoso das unhas dos seus fortes cavalos, ao barulho de seus carros, ao estrondo das suas rodas; os pais não atendem aos filhos, por causa da fraqueza das mãos, |
| Rumanian | de tropqitul copitelor cailor lui puternici, de uruitul carqlor lui wi de sckryqitul roatelor; pqrinyii nu se mai kntorc spre copiii lor, atkt le sknt de slqbite mknile, |
| Russian | пФ ЫХНОПЗП ФП ПФБ ЛП ЩФ УЙМШОЩИ ЛПОЕК ЕЗП, ПФ УФХЛБ ЛПМЕУОЙ" ЕЗП, ПФ ЪЧХЛБ ЛПМЕУ ЕЗП, ПФ"Щ ОЕ ПЗМСОХФУС ОБ "ЕФЕК УЧПЙИ, ПФПНХ ЮФП ТХЛЙ Х ОЙИ П ХУФСФУС |
| Spanish | por el estruendo del galope de los cascos de sus corceles, por el retumbo de sus carros y por el chirrido de sus ruedas. Por la debilidad de sus manos, los padres no se vuelven a mirar a sus hijos, |
| Swedish | När bullret höres av hans hingstars hovslag, när hans vagnar dåna, när hans hjuldon rassla, då se ej fäderna sig om efter barnen, så maktlösa stå de |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "rumbling": rumblings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "rumbling": crumbling, drumbling, grumbling. (additional references) | |
Words containing "rumbling": crumblings, grumblingly. (additional references) | |
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"Rumbling" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dumbling, Roebling, rubbling, trumbling. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "rumbling" (pronounced ru"mbuling or ru"mbling) |
| 8 | r u" m b u l i ng | crumbling, grumbling. |
| 7 | -u" m b u l i ng | bumbling, fumbling, humbling, mumbling, stumbling, tumbling. |
| 6 | -m b u l i ng | ambling, assembling, gambling, resembling, scrambling, trembling. |
| 5 | -b u l i ng | babbling, bubbling, dabbling, disabling, doubling, dribbling, enabling, gobbling, hobbling, labeling, mislabeling, nibbling, quibbling, redoubling, scribbling, squabbling, tabling, troubling, warbling, wobbling. |
| 4 | -u l i ng | backpedaling, baffling, barreling, battling, belittling, bicycling, boggling, bottling, bristling, bugling, bundling, bungling, bustling, cackling, canceling, cancelling, channeling, chortling, circling, coddling, commingling, counseling, cradling, crippling, cycling, dangling, dazzling, Dialing, disgruntling, dismantling, drizzling, dwindling, embezzling, empaneling, encircling, entitling, equaling, fizzling, fondling, funneling, giggling, groveling, grueling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hassling, huddling, hurdling, hustling, idling, imperiling, initialing, intermingling, jiggling, jostling, juggling, leveling, mangling, marshaling, meddling, middling, mingling, modeling, mottling, muddling, muscling, paddling, paneling, parceling, pedaling, peddling, piddling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, raveling, recycling, refueling, remodeling, reshuffling, reveling, rippling, rivaling, ruffling, saddling, scuttling, settling, shriveling, shuttling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, spiraling, spiralling, stapling, stenciling, strangling, struggling, swiveling, throttling, tingling, tinkling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, traveling, travelling, tripling, tunneling, twinkling, unraveling, unsettling, waggling, wiggling, wrangling, wrinkling, yodeling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | annealing, appalling, appealing, ailing, angling, assailing, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, beguiling, Belling, billing, blackmailing, boiling, Bolling, bowling, brawling, broiling, buckling, burgling, burling, cajoling, calling, Carling, ceiling, chilling, chronicling, chuckling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, crawling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, darling, dawdling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, drilling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, earthling, emailing, enrolling, entailing, entangling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, galling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, growling, hailing, handling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hilling, holing, howling, hurling, hurtling, inhaling, inkling, installing, instilling, jailing, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, Marling, Melling, milling, mishandling, misspelling, mothballing, mulling, nailing, needling, nestling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, peeling, pickling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, quelling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, reeling, regaling, rekindling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruling, rustling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shuffling, sibling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squealing, stalling, starling, startling, stealing, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strickling, stripling, strolling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, Tilling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, trailing, trampling, trickling, trifling, trilling, trolling, twiddling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, wailing, walling, weakling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiling, willing, wrestling, yearling, yelling. |
| 5 | -m b l i ng | dissembling, rambling. |
| 4 | -b l i ng | sibling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | annealing, appalling, appealing, ailing, ambling, angling, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, ceiling, channeling, chilling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, handling, hassling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, inkling, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, needling, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, peeling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rankling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, reeling, refueling, regaling, rekindling, remodeling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rustling, saddling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squabbling, squealing, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stealing, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, strickling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, weakling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yelling, yodeling. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-g-i-l-m-n-r-u" | |
-1 letter: bluming, burling. | |
-2 letters: bluing, lubing, luring, muling, muring, ruling. | |
-3 letters: bring, bruin, burin, linum, lungi, ruing, unrig. | |
-4 letters: birl, blin, blur, brig, brim, brin, bung, burg, burl, burn, girl, girn, glib, glim, glum, grim, grin, grub, grum, iglu, limb, limn, ling, lung, muni, numb, nurl, ring, ruin, rung. | |
-5 letters: big, bin, bug, bum, bun, bur. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-g-i-l-m-n-r-u" | |
+1 letter: crumbling, drumbling, grumbling, lumbering, rumblings. | |
+2 letters: crumblings, replumbing, slumbering. | |
+3 letters: grumblingly, submarginal, umbrellaing, unlimbering. | |
+4 letters: beglamouring, unscrambling. | |
+5 letters: bildungsroman, macroglobulin, perambulating, troublemaking. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Sounds 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Bible Trace 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Bibliography |
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