Meaning & use

rumbly

adjective·Everyday

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Making or characterized by a low, rumbling sound.

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Her stomach was rumbly by the time lunch finally arrived.

Thunder gave a rumbly warning of the storm to come.

A note on using this word

"Rumbly" is a casual, sound-imitative adjective often used affectionately to describe stomach growls or distant thunder.

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