A fat ding. Ding
Rumble meant "Fight" or "Big fight"
To fight. As in, get ready to rumble.
The rumble is when the Greasers "have it out" with the socs. Its when the greasers and the socs fight.
he feels like he needs to stand up for his gang
It means like lets start the fight (boxing match).
It is slang for a gang fight.
Soda likes to fight because "It's action. It's like a contest..."(soda said that in the book on page 133)
if rumble you mean fight and sentence you mean statmane then yes
In the rumble before Johnny Cade died, the rumble was a no guns,no knives fight.
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Some slang words from "Rumble Fish" include "rumble" (fight), "burning" (thinking deep), and "tough" (cool or impressive).