rumble strip
noun
: a strip of corrugated pavement (as along the edge of a highway) that causes rumbling and vibration when driven over
Examples of rumble strip in a Sentence
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Workers will also repair guardrails, install new rumble strips on the shoulders and apply new road markings and signs as the project winds down.
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Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2023
At one point, the SUV shakes as his driver veers onto the highway's rumble strip, but Ramaswamy looks only momentarily startled before launching back into a response.
—Time, 17 Aug. 2023
His head bounces inside the cockpit as a wheel shudders over a rumble strip.
—Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times, 13 May 2023
But the rumble strip undulates with two-inch deep grooves.
—Sean P. Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2023
Another way is to step onto the rumble strip and climb over the 20-inch steel barrier.
—Sean P. Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2023
The friend then heard Fonseca-Rivera’s truck hitting the rumble strip alongside the highway.
—Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Dec. 2021
Lobbying Lineup Five groups that lobbied on House Bill 51, which would require the Ohio Department of Transportation to install center-line rumble strips on all two-lane highways with a speed limit of at least 45 miles per hour.
—cleveland, 6 Jan. 2020
In addition to paving, the project includes installation of rumble strips and permanent striping.
—oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2019
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Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2023
At one point, the SUV shakes as his driver veers onto the highway's rumble strip, but Ramaswamy looks only momentarily startled before launching back into a response.
—Time, 17 Aug. 2023
His head bounces inside the cockpit as a wheel shudders over a rumble strip.
—Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times, 13 May 2023
But the rumble strip undulates with two-inch deep grooves.
—Sean P. Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2023
Another way is to step onto the rumble strip and climb over the 20-inch steel barrier.
—Sean P. Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2023
The friend then heard Fonseca-Rivera’s truck hitting the rumble strip alongside the highway.
—Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Dec. 2021
Lobbying Lineup Five groups that lobbied on House Bill 51, which would require the Ohio Department of Transportation to install center-line rumble strips on all two-lane highways with a speed limit of at least 45 miles per hour.
—cleveland, 6 Jan. 2020
In addition to paving, the project includes installation of rumble strips and permanent striping.
—oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2019
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First Known Use
1957, in the meaning defined above
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“Rumble strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rumble%20strip. Accessed 26 Sep. 2023.
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