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Fumble vs. Rumble

Difference Between Fumble and Rumble

Fumble

A fumble in gridiron football occurs when a player who has possession and control of the ball loses it before being downed (tackled), scoring, or going out of bounds. By rule, it is any act other than passing, kicking, punting, or successful handing that results in loss of ball possession by a player.
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Rumble

To make a deep, long, rolling sound.
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Fumble

To touch or handle nervously or idly
fumble with a necktie.
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Rumble

To move or proceed with a deep, long, rolling sound.
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Fumble

To grope awkwardly to find or to accomplish something
fumble for a key.
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Rumble

(Slang) To engage in a gang fight.
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Fumble

To proceed awkwardly and uncertainly; blunder
fumble through a speech.
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Rumble

To utter with a deep, long, rolling sound.
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Fumble

(Football) To drop a ball that is in play.
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Rumble

To polish or mix (metal parts) in a tumbling box.
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Fumble

(Baseball) To mishandle a ground ball.
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Rumble

A deep, long, rolling sound.
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Fumble

To touch or handle clumsily or idly
"fumbled the skeleton key into the lock and turned it" (Bentley Dadmun).
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Rumble

A tumbling box.
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Fumble

To make a mess of; bungle.
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Rumble

A luggage compartment or servant's seat in the rear of a carriage.
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Fumble

To feel or make (one's way) awkwardly.
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Rumble

Pervasive, widespread expression of unrest or dissatisfaction.
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Fumble

(Football) To drop (a ball) while in play.
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Rumble

A gang fight.
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Fumble

(Baseball) To mishandle (a ground ball).
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Rumble

A low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach.
The rumble from passing trucks made it hard to sleep at night.
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Fumble

The act or an instance of fumbling.
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Rumble

(slang) A street fight or brawl.
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Fumble

(Sports) A ball that has been fumbled.
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Rumble

A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
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Fumble

To handle nervously or awkwardly.
Waiting for the interview, he fumbled with his tie.
He fumbled the key into the lock.
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Rumble

(dated) A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.
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Fumble

To grope awkwardly in trying to find something
He fumbled for his keys.
He fumbled his way to the light-switch.
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Rumble

(intransitive) To make a low, heavy, continuous sound.
If I don't eat, my stomach will rumble.
I could hear the thunder rumbling in the distance.
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Fumble

(intransitive) To blunder uncertainly.
He fumbled through his prepared speech.
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Rumble

(transitive) To discover deceitful or underhanded behaviour.
The police is going to rumble your hideout.
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Fumble

To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly.
to fumble for an excuse
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Rumble

(intransitive) To move while making a rumbling noise.
The truck rumbled over the rough road.
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Fumble

To drop a ball or a baton etc. by accident.
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Rumble

To fight; to brawl.
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Fumble

To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
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Rumble

to provide haptic feedback by vibrating.
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Fumble

Of a man, to sexually underperform.
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Rumble

(transitive) To cause to pass through a rumble, or polishing machine.
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Fumble

A ball etc. that has been dropped by accident.
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Rumble

(obsolete) To murmur; to ripple.
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Fumble

(British) A dessert similar to a cross between a fool and a crumble.
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Rumble

An onomatopoeia describing a rumbling noise
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Fumble

To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.
Adams now began to fumble in his pockets.
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Rumble

To make a low, heavy, continued sound; as, the thunder rumbles at a distance.
In the mean while the skies 'gan rumble sore.
The people cried and rombled up and down.
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Fumble

To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to fumble for an excuse.
My understanding flutters and my memory fumbles.
Alas! how he fumbles about the domains.
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Rumble

To murmur; to ripple.
To rumble gently down with murmur soft.
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Fumble

To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers.
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Rumble

A noisy report; rumor.
Delighting ever in rumble that is new.
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Fumble

To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together.
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Rumble

A low, heavy, continuous sound like that made by heavy wagons or the reverberation of thunder; a confused noise; as, the rumble of a railroad train.
Clamor and rumble, and ringing and clatter.
Merged in the rumble of awakening day.
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Fumble

(sports) dropping the ball
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Rumble

A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.
Kit, well wrapped, . . . was in the rumble behind.
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Fumble

feel about uncertainly or blindly;
She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom
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Rumble

A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
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Fumble

make one's way clumsily or blindly;
He fumbled towards the door
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Rumble

a loud low dull continuous noise;
they heard the rumbling of thunder
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Fumble

handle clumsily
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Rumble

a servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage
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Fumble

make a mess of, destroy or ruin;
I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
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Rumble

a fight between rival gangs of adolescents
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Fumble

drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder;
fumble a grounder
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Rumble

make a low noise;
rumbling thunder
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Rumble

to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds;
he grumbled a rude response
Stones grumbled down the cliff
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