Use "rumble" in a sentence please.

Could you please give me some examples of the way
the word "rumble" is used in the UK? In other words, please

Tickettyboo...

Farmer Giles, whilst chatting to his neighbour, was told that his prize
male animal for servicing his herd of cows had been acting most oddly
'Oooh ahh' he replied, 'that be a rum-bull right enough'

~~seadancer~~...

LOL
Rum makes you hum.
Brandy is dandy.
Whiskey makes you frisky.
Wine is fine.
Nothing rhymes with Vodka. (g)

make up some sentences with the word "rumble" in them.

Charlie Drake...

The Tories have claimed Home Secretary Jack Straw's pledge to recruit
5,000 more police has been "rumbled" after official figures revealed
that more officers than that are being lost every year.

The BBC said the purpose of the show was to find out if members of the
public "rumbled" the pranksters. "In this case we were rumbled," a
spokesman said. "We are sorry if we have caused any unnecessary offence."

Full Story here:

~~seadancer~~...

Thanks, Charlie, for the examples. I see that they show
the word "rumble" used both in the active voice and in the
passive voice. Great examples.

For example: "We've been rumbled!"
It's a new use for the word for me.
You've all been rumbled!!
I've never seen "rumble" used this way before.
I looked up the word and found:
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transitive verb U.K. find out about somebody or something:
to discover the truth about somebody or something ( informal )
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But I'd like to see more examples of its use. Thanks.
Would the following be a correct usage:
"I'd like to rumble more about that."
Or is that not the way the word is used?

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The rickety old car just rumbled along.
The thunder rumbled across the sky

Go here for many more
http://thesaurus.reference.com/search?q=rumble

Foxy at w**k...

You wouldn't use it as in your last paragraph Sea

One can rumble about in the in the drawer to find something though

~~seadancer~~...

Yes, I'm familiar with that particular usage of rumble, but
not with the usage which means "to discover the truth about".
That's the meaning I'd like to rumble. (g) (Used wrong again?)
Thanks for your reply, Jen.

Splodge...

I can think of two, but they're not verbs:-
Rumble in the jungle - as in West Side Story, meaning a fight.
"I hate driving over those rumble strips", meaning those thingies in the
road to stop you speeding like "sleeping policemen"
Splodge

~~seadancer~~...

Thanks, Splodge. The term "Rumble strips" is new to me.
We call those rumble strips "speed bumps", here in the USA. (g)

Ali...

Possibly not, Sea, we have speed bumps too. Rumble strips are much smaller,
perhaps an inch or so across, but are placed in groups so as to make the
cars crossing them at speed rumble (as in thunder).

sam...

Since were are silver surfers we'll all remember this:-

"I get the neck of the chicken,I get the rumble seat drive......."

~~seadancer~~...

Yes, Sam, I remember that one well.
I searched the web for and found the lyrics:
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I GET THE NECK OF THE CHICKEN
From the film "Seven Days' Leave" (1942)
(Jimmy McHugh / Frank Loesser)

(There's always one in every fam'ly
And nobody loves him one bit
There's always one in every fam'ly)
And confidentially, I'm it

I get the neck of the chicken
I get the rumble seat ride
I get the leaky umbrella
Everyone shoves me aside
When I jump in my shower each morn'
Sure as fate, I'm too late,
All the hot water is gone

I get the neck of the chicken
I get that burnt piece of toast
I get that seat in the movies
Smacko! in back of the post
That's why I can't get over this dream that came true
If I get the neck of the chicken
How did I ever get you?

I get the neck of the chicken
That's how they give me the bird
And in the family snapshot
Mine is the face that's all blurred
When morning paper comes to the door
Sure as fate, I'm too late
And they're mine long about four

I get the neck of the chicken
I get the plate with the crack
I get those evenings with Granma
Everyone else can relax
That's why I can't get over this fine howdy-do
If I get the neck of the chicken
How did I ever get you?
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Thanks for the reminder. Fun lyrics!

Aries...

My tummy 'rumbled' - as in feeling hungry LOL

~~seadancer~~...

Oh-ho! I'm familiar with *that* meaning. (g)
Thanks.

Aries...

or put another way - rumbletum LOL