[syn: grumbling, rumbling]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rumbling \Rum"bling\,
a. & n. from Rumble, v. i.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rumbling
adj 1: continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound; "the
rumbling rolling sound of thunder" [syn: grumbling,
rumbling]
n 1: a loud low dull continuous noise; "they heard the rumbling
of thunder" [syn: rumble, rumbling, grumble,
grumbling]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "rumbling":
boom, booming, cannonading, echo, echoic, echoing, fulminating,
growl, growling, grumble, grumbling, lingering, pealing,
persistent, reboant, reboation, rebound, rebounding, reecho,
reechoing, repercussive, resound, resounding, reverberant,
reverberating, reverberation, reverberatory, roaring, rolling,
rumble, sounding, thunder, thundering, thunderlike, thunderous,
thundery, tonitruant, tonitruous, undamped, volleying