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grumble
English
Etymology
Probably from Middle French grommeler, from Old French grumeler (“to murmur, grumble”), from Middle Dutch *grommelen ("to murmur, mutter, grunt"; > Modern Dutch grommelen (“to grumble”)), frequentative of Middle Dutch grommen (“to growl, grunt”). Cognate with Middle Low German grummelen (> Low German grummeln (“to grumble”)), German grummeln (“to grumble”), Norwegian dialectal grymja (“to growl, grunt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????mbl?/
- Rhymes: -?mb?l
Noun
grumble (plural grumbles)
- (onomatopoeia) A low thundering, rumbling or growling sound.
- The sound made by a hungry stomach.
- A surly complaint.
- That whiner is never without a grumble to share.
Derived terms
- grumbly
Translations
Verb
grumble (third-person singular simple present grumbles, present participle grumbling, simple past and past participle grumbled)
- (intransitive) To make a low, growling or rumbling noise, like a hungry stomach or certain animals.
- The distant thunder grumbles.
- (intransitive) To complain; to murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner.
- He grumbles about the food constantly, but has yet to learn to cook.
- (transitive) To utter in a grumbling fashion.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:complain
Derived terms
- begrumble
- grumbler
Translations
See also
- rumble
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drumble
English
Etymology
See drumly.
Verb
drumble (third-person singular simple present drumbles, present participle drumbling, simple past and past participle drumbled)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To be sluggish or lazy.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To be confused.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To mumble in speaking.
- (obsolete) To do something ineptly; to bungle or bumble.
Synonyms
- (to be sluggish): see Thesaurus:loiter
Derived terms
- drumbler
Anagrams
- rumbled
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