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Steven Gerrard wasn't that one of England's squeakiest, cleanest footballers had become embroiled in such a mess, but that the rumble was apparently provoked by differences between the venue's music policy and the footballer's music taste.

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  1. intransitive verb To make a deep, long, rolling sound.
  2. intransitive verb To move or proceed with a deep, long, rolling sound.
  3. intransitive verb Slang To engage in a gang fight.
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  • A murmur, faint at first, became louder, and since they already knew what it was, it was easily identified as the rumble of the motor generator set The brown men were screeching for help. —  023 - The Mystic Mullah
  • It will have force feedback rumble which is good so you can feel it jiggle upon hitting something, such as another sword or a body. —  Gaming Nexus
  • Steven Gerrard wasn't that one of England's squeakiest, cleanest footballers had become embroiled in such a mess, but that the rumble was apparently provoked by differences between the venue's music policy and the footballer's music taste. —  Culture | guardian.co.uk
  • He should feel the rumble, as our fallen heros roll over in their graves. —  Latest Articles
  • The controller connects to the console using Bluetooth and features rumble, and an internal speaker. —  OSNews
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

roar ·  growl ·  murmur ·  thud ·  rattle ·  hum ·  whine ·  groan ·  thunder ·  creak ·  throb ·  grunt

Used in the same contextWord Family

rumble:   rumbled ·  rumbling ·  rumbles
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English romblen, perhaps from Middle Dutch rommelen or from Middle Low German rummeln.

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  1. English dial. rummle, rommle; from Middle English rumblen, romblen, rummelyn (= Dutch rommelen = Low German rummeln = Middle High German G. rumpeln, be noisy, = Danish rumle, rumble; cf. Swedish ramla, Danish ramle, rattle), freq. of romen, roar: see rome.
  2. from Middle English rombel; from rumble, v.
 

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