Usually means: Sound of continuous, low thunder.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. rumbling: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rumbling: Merriam-Webster
  3. rumbling: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. rumbling: Collins English Dictionary
  5. rumbling: Vocabulary.com
  6. Rumbling, rumbling: Wordnik
  7. rumbling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. rumbling: Wiktionary
  9. rumbling: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Rumbling, rumbling: Dictionary.com
  11. rumbling: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Rumbling: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. rumbling: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. rumbling: Rhymezone
  15. Rumbling: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. rumbling: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. rumbling: FreeDictionary.org
  18. rumbling: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. rumbling: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rumbling: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rumbling: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Deep- and slow-sounding.
▸ noun:  A muted sound of complaint or discontent.
▸ noun:  A deep low noise.

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grumble, full, rumbly, deep, grum, curmurring, guttural, boom-boom, trundly, loudish, more...

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grumble, mutter, murmur, growl, snarl, roar, more...

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rumbling on, The Rumbling, Rumbling Hearts, rumbling sound, big rumbling sound, more...

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distant, low, deep, loud, dull, faint, great, heavy, ominous, mighty, muffled

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Similar:
grumble, full, rumbly, deep, grum, curmurring, guttural, boom-boom, trundly, loudish, more...

Types:
grumble, mutter, murmur, growl, snarl, roar, more...

Phrases:
rumbling on, The Rumbling, Rumbling Hearts, rumbling sound, big rumbling sound, loud rumbling, rumbling to life, rumbling whisper, low rumbling sound, more...

Adjectives:
distant, low, deep, loud, dull, faint, great, heavy, ominous, mighty, muffled

Colors:
    charcoal,     slate gray,     stormy blue,     midnight blue,     deep purple, more...



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