different between resounding vs rumble

English

Etymology 1

resound +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???za?n.d??/
• Rhymes: -a?nd??

Noun

resounding (plural resoundings)

1. The action of the verb to resound

Adjective

resounding (comparative more resounding, superlative most resounding)

1. Having a deep, rich sound; mellow and resonant.
2. That causes reverberation.
3. (by extension) Emphatic.

   Synonyms: huge, massive, tremendous

Synonyms

• (having a deep, rich sound): canorous, remugient; see also Thesaurus:sonorous

Derived terms

• resoundingly

Related terms

• resound

Translations

Etymology 2

resound +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??i??sa?nd.??/

Verb

resounding

1. present participle of resound

English

Alternative forms

• rummle, rommle (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle English rumblen, romblen, rummelyn, frequentative form of romen (“to roar”), equivalent to rome +? -le. Cognate with Dutch rommelen (“to rumble”), Low German rummeln (“to rumble”), German rumpeln (“to be noisy”), Danish rumle (“to rumble”), all of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /???mb(?)l/
• Rhymes: -?mb?l

Noun

rumble (plural rumbles)

1. A low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach.

2. (slang) A street fight or brawl.
3. A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
4. (dated) A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.

   • Kit, well wrapped, […] was in the rumble behind.

Translations

Verb

rumble (third-person singular simple present rumbles, present participle rumbling, simple past and past participle rumbled)

1. (intransitive) To make a low, heavy, continuous sound.

2. (transitive) To discover deceitful or underhanded behaviour.

3. (intransitive) To move while making a rumbling noise.
4. (slang, intransitive) To fight; to brawl.
5. (video games, intransitive, of a game controller) to provide haptic feedback by vibrating.
6. (transitive) To cause to pass through a rumble, or polishing machine.
7. (obsolete) To murmur; to ripple.

Translations

Interjection

rumble

1. An onomatopoeia describing a rumbling noise

Anagrams

• Blumer, Bulmer, lumber, umbrel