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the sound of someone too polite to riot but too annoyed to stay quiet
means To complain or mutter in a low, discontented voice, usually under your breath rather than out loud.
from An imitative word — it sounds like what it means. It likely comes from a Middle Dutch or Low German source (compare Dutch 'grommelen' and grommen, 'to growl'), and the same family gives us 'grumpy.' The '-le' ending is the frequentative, the grammatical mark of something done repeatedly — so a grumble is, quite literally, a grumming done over and over, a low growl you keep going back to.
- hungry origin
- a stomach's grumble is gas moving through your intestines
- collective noun
- a group of pugs is called a grumble
- old roots
- derives from Middle French grommeler, to mutter
- low frequency
- functions below shouting, above silent seething
for instance
grumble creek — a stream in queensland, australia known for gold mining heritage