drum vs rumble

drum

verb
  • To beat a drum. 

  • To beat with a rapid succession of strokes. 

  • To throb, as the heart. 

  • To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for. 

  • Of various animals, to make a vocalisation or mechanical sound that resembles drumming. 

  • To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization. 

noun
  • A drumfish (family Sciaenidae). 

  • Any similar hollow, cylindrical object. 

  • A tip; a piece of information. 

  • A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone. 

  • Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar. 

  • A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage. 

  • Synonym of construction barrel 

  • The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola. 

  • A person's home; a house or other building, especially when insalubrious; a tavern, a brothel. 

  • A drumstick (of chicken, turkey, etc). 

  • A social gathering or assembly held in the evening. 

rumble

verb
  • To move while making a rumbling noise. 

  • To make a low, heavy, continuous sound. 

  • To fight; to brawl. 

  • to provide haptic feedback by vibrating. 

  • To cause to pass through a rumble, or polishing machine. 

  • To discover deceitful or underhanded behaviour. 

noun
  • A street fight or brawl. 

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

  • A low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach. 

intj
  • An onomatopoeia describing a rumbling noise 

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