A low thundering, rumbling or growling sound.
The sound made by a hungry stomach.
A surly complaint.
That whiner is never without a grumble to share.
Probably from Middle French grommeler, from Old French grumeler (“to murmur, grumble”), from Middle Dutch *grommelen ("to murmur, mutter, grunt"; > Modern Dutch grommelen (“to grumble”)), frequentativ...
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He grumbles about the food constantly, but has yet to learn to cook.
To utter in a grumbling fashion.
He grumbled that there was no grain "in the country" and that people were talking instead of working to provide it.