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A loud low dull continuous noise
Answer for the clue "A loud low dull continuous noise ", 6 letters:
rumble
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
A rumble is a continuous deep, resonant sound, such as the sound made by heavy vehicles or thunder . In the context of audio reproduction rumble refers to a low frequency sound from the bearings inside a turntable . This is most noticeable in low quality ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from rumble (v.). Slang noun meaning "gang fight" is from 1946. Meaning "backmost part of a carriage" is from 1808 (earlier rumbler , 1801), probably from the effect of sitting over the wheels; hence rumble seat (1828).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rumble \Rum"ble\, n. A noisy report; rumor. [Obs.] Delighting ever in rumble that is new. --Chaucer. 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 ...
Usage examples of rumble.
Beyond Abies, the earth was rumbling, shouts and trampling footsteps approaching fast.
Nell came out, nine-tenths of a ton of daintiness, and rumbled admonitorily at Nugget, who trailed her closely.
With a grinding rumble, an entire section of the pile gave way just below where Alec stood, sweeping the swordsman over the edge.
I started at the sight -- children and weapons was a mix I learned to avoid even when I was a child myself, learning to handle power weapons while our caravan rumbled its way across the Hyperion moors -- but Alem smiled and took the pistol from the boy, patting him on the back.
Alex put his hand over his belly and prayed Baldric would wind things up quickly before serious rumbling ensued.
The rumbling is loud as a Pelek Baw throughway, and tremors have begun to shake the ston?
They were chaffing her bawdily, one fumbling after her breasts, as the great wooden wheels rumbled by.
The beshti set to bawling and rumbling, rubbing necks and heads and snuffing familiar scents, as happy as the rest of them, weary as the creatures were, and deserving of rest.
The thought of Bevel -- of anyone -- touching any portion of the body resting so peacefully against his caused a growl to rumble in his throat, had him exposing his fangs and tensing his body for attack.
The scene is set for a rumble and what better place for a biker fight than a flea-market swap meet for motorcycle parts sponsored by the British Motor Cycling Club.
I listened to the rain, and to the rattling of the bleared, small-paned windows, and marked a rumbling of approaching thunder quite unusual for the season.
There was Bock, with head quizzically tilted, uttering a rumbling guttural vibration that seemed to proceed automatically from his interior.
The air was hot and unmoving, not leavened by even the hint of a breeze, and the only sounds on this still afternoon were the scratchy scuttlings of lizards in the underbrush abutting the road, the chirrups of unseen cicadas, and the occasional far-off rumbling of truck engines as Corban pickups headed on or off the highway.
The sound, the rumbling, came from the P waves, the Primary or pressure waves, acting like sound waves pulsing through the ground, compressing and dilating the rock, pulling and pushing the earth, manifested as the ground moving violently up and down.
The lodge was perched at the edge of a dramatic bluff, and in the canyon below were rapids where the oddly chalk-colored waters of the River Dob raged and rumbled over enormous boulders.