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Rumble vs. Tumble — What's the Difference?

Rumble vs. Tumble — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Rumble and Tumble

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Rumble

To make a deep, long, rolling sound.

Tumble

To perform acrobatic feats such as somersaults, rolls, or twists.

Rumble

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

Tumble

To fall, roll, or move end over end
The rocks tumbled down the hill. The kittens tumbled over each other. The asteroids tumble through space.

Rumble

(Slang) To engage in a gang fight.
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Tumble

To spill, roll out, or emerge in confusion or disorder
Toys tumbled out of the closet.

Rumble

To utter with a deep, long, rolling sound.

Tumble

To pitch headlong; fall
Tumbled on the ice.

Rumble

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

Tumble

To move quickly or awkwardly
We tumbled into the kitchen for lunch.

Rumble

A deep, long, rolling sound.

Tumble

To hang down
Her hair tumbled onto her shoulders.

Rumble

A tumbling box.

Tumble

To collapse
The wall tumbled down.

Rumble

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

Tumble

To undergo a decline in position, status, or fortune
He tumbled from high office.

Rumble

Pervasive, widespread expression of unrest or dissatisfaction.

Tumble

To decrease
Prices tumbled.

Rumble

A gang fight.

Tumble

To come upon accidentally; happen on
We tumbled on a fine restaurant.

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.

Tumble

(Slang) To come to a sudden understanding; catch on
Tumbled to the reality that he had been cheated.

Rumble

(slang) A street fight or brawl.

Tumble

To cause to fall or collapse; bring down
The earthquake tumbled the wall.

Rumble

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

Tumble

To put, spill, or toss haphazardly
Tumbled the extra parts into a box.

Rumble

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

Tumble

To toss or whirl in a drum, tumbler, or tumbling box
The dryer tumbles the clothes.

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.

Tumble

To cause to lose position, status, or fortune
A scandal tumbled the government.

Rumble

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

Tumble

An act of tumbling; a fall.

Rumble

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

Tumble

A decrease, as in value
Home prices took a tumble.

Rumble

To fight; to brawl.

Tumble

A confused or disordered collection or amount of something
A tumble of shacks by the river.

Rumble

To provide haptic feedback by vibrating.

Tumble

A fall, especially end over end.
I took a tumble down the stairs and broke my tooth.

Rumble

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

Tumble

A disorderly heap.

Rumble

(obsolete) To murmur; to ripple.

Tumble

(informal) An act of sexual intercourse.

Rumble

An onomatopoeia describing a rumbling noise

Tumble

(intransitive) To fall end over end; to roll over and over.

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.

Tumble

(intransitive) To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.

Rumble

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

Tumble

(intransitive) To drop rapidly.
Share prices tumbled after the revelation about the company's impending failure.

Rumble

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

Tumble

(transitive) To smoothe and polish, e.g., gemstones or pebbles, by means of a rotating tumbler.

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.

Tumble

To have sexual intercourse.

Rumble

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

Tumble

(intransitive) To move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way.

Rumble

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

Tumble

To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple.
To tumble a bed

Rumble

A loud low dull continuous noise;
They heard the rumbling of thunder

Tumble

(cryptocurrency) To obscure the audit trail of funds by means of a tumbler.

Rumble

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

Tumble

To comprehend; often in tumble to.

Rumble

A fight between rival gangs of adolescents

Tumble

To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person in pain tumbles and tosses.

Rumble

Make a low noise;
Rumbling thunder

Tumble

To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold.
He who tumbles from a tower surely has a greater blow than he who slides from a molehill.

Rumble

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

Tumble

To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat.

Tumble

To turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or unceremonious manner; to throw down or headlong; to precipitate; - sometimes with over, about, etc.; as, to tumble books or papers.

Tumble

To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.

Tumble

Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.

Tumble

An acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end

Tumble

A sudden drop from an upright position;
He had a nasty spill on the ice

Tumble

Fall down, as if collapsing;
The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it

Tumble

Cause to topple or tumble by pushing

Tumble

Roll over and over, back and forth

Tumble

Fly around;
The clothes tumbled in the dryer
Rising smoke whirled in the air

Tumble

Fall apart;
The building crimbled after the explosion
Negociations broke down

Tumble

Throw together in a confused mass;
They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern

Tumble

Understand, usually after some initial difficulty;
She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on

Tumble

Fall suddenly and sharply;
Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency

Tumble

Put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying;
Wash in warm water and tumble dry

Tumble

Suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat

Tumble

Do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully

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