"grumblings" in the noun sense
1. rumble, rumbling, grumble, grumbling
a loud low dull continuous noise
"they heard the rumbling of thunder"
2. grumble, grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering
a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
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