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1. (v.i.) warble
to sing or whistle with trills, quavers, or melodic embellishments, as a bird.
2. warble
to yodel.
3. warble
(of electronic equipment) to produce a continuous sound varying regularly in pitch and frequency.
4. (v.t.) warble
to sing (an aria or other selection) with trills, quavers, or melodious turns.
5. warble
to express or celebrate in or as if in song; carol.
6. (n.) warble
a warbled song or succession of melodic trills, quavers, etc.
7. warble
the act of warbling.
8. (n.) warble
a small, hard tumor on a horse's back, produced by the galling of the saddle.
9. warble
a lump in the skin of an animal's back, containing the larva of a warble fly.
Etymology: (1575–85; orig. uncert.; cf. obs. Sw varbulde boil)
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| Definition of 'warble' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) warble
a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly
2. (verb) warble, trill, quaver
sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
3. (verb) yodel, warble, descant
sing by changing register; sing by yodeling
"The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) warble
a small, hard tumor which is produced on the back of a horse by the heat or pressure of the saddle in traveling
2. (noun) warble
a small tumor produced by the larvae of the gadfly in the backs of horses, cattle, etc. Called also warblet, warbeetle, warnles
3. (noun) warble
see Wormil
4. (noun) warble
a quavering modulation of the voice; a musical trill; a song
5. (verb) warble
to sing in a trilling, quavering, or vibratory manner; to modulate with turns or variations; to trill; as, certain birds are remarkable for warbling their songs
6. (verb) warble
to utter musically; to modulate; to carol
7. (verb) warble
to cause to quaver or vibrate
8. (verb) warble
to be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously
9. (verb) warble
to sing in a trilling manner, or with many turns and variations
10. (verb) warble
to sing with sudden changes from chest to head tones; to yodel
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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. warble
In naval mine warfare, the process of varying the frequency of sound produced by a narrow band noisemaker to ensure that the frequency to which the mine will respond is covered.
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Sense: to sing in a trembling voice, as some birds do
The bird was warbling (his song) on a high branch.
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 Afrikaans: gefluit, gefluister |
 Arabic: يُغَرِّد، يَصْدَح |
 Bulgarian: чуруликам |
 Brazilian: gorjear |
 Czech: švitořit |
 German: trillern |
 Danish: kvidre |
 Greek: κελαϊδώ, τιτιβίζω |
 Spanish: trinar, gorjear |
 Estonian: lõõritama |
 Farsi: چهچهه زدن |
 Finnish: livertää |
 French: gazouiller |
 Hebrew: לְסַלסֵל בְּקוֹל |
 Hindi: गाना |
 Croatian: cvrkutati |
 Hungarian: trillázik |
 Indonesian: berkicau |
 Icelandic: syngja með dillandi rödd; |
 Italian: gorgheggiare, trillare |
 Japanese: さえずる |
 Korean: 지저귀다 |
 Lithuanian: čiulbėti |
 Latvian: trallināt; bērt treļļus |
 Malay: berkicau, bersiul |
 Dutch: kwelen |
 Norwegian: slå triller, kvitre |
 Polish: świergotać |
 Portuguese: gorjear |
 Romanian: a ciripi |
 Russian: издавать трели |
 Slovak: švitoriť, spievať |
 Slovenian: žvrgoleti |
 Serbian: cvrkutati |
 Swedish: kvittra, drilla |
 Thai: ร้องเพลง |
 Turkish: titrek sesleşarkı söyleme |
 Taiwanese: (某些鳥類)顫音鳴叫 |
 Ukrainian: виводити трелі |
 Urdu: چہچہانہ |
 Vietnamese: hót líu lo |
 Chinese: 发出颤音 |
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