rumble strip

noun

A pattern of variation in a road's surface designed to alert inattentive drivers to potential danger by causing a tactile vibration and audible rumbling if they veer out of their lane.

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Meanings

nounrumble strip (plural rumble strips)

plural rumble strips

  1. A pattern of variation in a road's surface designed to alert inattentive drivers to potential danger by causing a tactile vibration and audible rumbling if they veer out of their lane.

Translations

French vibreur
  • vibreurpattern in a road's surface
German Rüttelstreifen
  • Rüttelstreifenpattern in a road's surface
Japanese ランブルストリップス
  • ランブルストリップス (ranbaru sutorippusu)pattern in a road's surface
Spanish banda rugosa, banda sonora
  • banda rugosapattern in a road's surface
  • banda sonorapattern in a road's surface
  • vibradorespattern in a road's surface
  • trepidadorespattern in a road's surface
Cite this entry
APA

rumble strip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rumble%20strip

MLA

“rumble strip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rumble%20strip. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rumble strip,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rumble%20strip.

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