Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Rumble (-s)
rumble (-s), v. [ME rommelen, onomatopoetic origin.]
- Travel noisily; move along with a steady noise; [word play on “bumble”] buzz by like a bee.
- Resound; roll in waves of sound; make a low, heavy, continuous noise in the distance.
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