rumble seat
rumble seat noun: an extra passenger seat or row of seats in a carriage or automobile, typically folding away into a rear storage compartment.
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Noun
rumble seat (plural rumble seats)
- An extra passenger seat or row of seats in a carriage or automobile, typically folding away into a rear storage compartment.
- I suspected I wouldn't care an awful lot for his companionship, so I put him and another one in the rumble seat, and with the other two in with me I found the trail back to the Parkway and turned south.1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, Bantam, published 1992, →ISBN, pages 166–167
- Vito does a lot of his own felting, dealing direct with Indians who are apt to show up here at all hours with a rumble seat full of beaver hides […].2025, Thomas Pynchon, Shadow Ticket, Jonathan Cape, page 99
- Synonyms:
- rumble-tumble
- A jump seat.
Synonyms of rumble seat
Forms of rumble seat
| plural | rumble seats |
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Questions about rumble seat
- What does rumble seat mean?
- Rumble seat means an extra passenger seat or row of seats in a carriage or automobile, typically folding away into a rear storage compartment.
- What part of speech is rumble seat?
- Rumble seat is a noun.
- What is the plural of rumble seat?
- The plural of rumble seat is rumble seats.
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