different between rumble vs hubbub

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

English

Alternative forms

• whobub (obsolete)

Etymology

Mid 16^thc. Perhaps from Irish; compare Irish ababú!, abú! (battle-cry), Gaelic ub! ub! (expressing contempt, etc.), ubh ubh! (expressing disgust).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?b?b/

Noun

hubbub (plural hubbubs)

1. A confused uproar, commotion, tumult or racket.

   • Of stunning sounds and voices all confused,

     Borne through the hollow dark, assaults his ear

     With loudest vehemence.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:commotion

Translations

Verb

hubbub (third-person singular simple present hubbubs, present participle hubbubing or hubbubbing, simple past and past participle hubbubed or hubbubbed)

1. (intransitive) To cause a tumult or racket.
   • 2016, Daniel Gray, Saturday, 3pm: 50 Eternal Delights of Modern Football

     It becomes a grotto, hubbubbing with more noise than any class on a school visit could make, the air mobbed by breathless chatter about life and the transfer window.