What does warble mean?

Definitions for warble
ˈwɔr bəlwar·ble

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. warbleverb

    a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly

  2. warble, trill, quaververb

    sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below

  3. yodel, warble, descantverb

    sing by changing register; sing by yodeling

    "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"

Wiktionary

  1. warblenoun

    a lesion under the skin of an animal, caused by a bot fly

  2. warblenoun

    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.

  3. warbleverb

    to modulate a tone's frequency

  4. warbleverb

    to sing like a bird, especially with trills.

  5. Etymology: From Middle English werble.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Warbleverb

    Etymology: werben, old Teutonick; wervelen, German; to twirl, or turn round.

    Follow me as I sing,
    And touch the warbled string. John Milton.

    She can thaw the numbing spell,
    If she be right invok’d with warbled song. John Milton.

  2. To Warbleverb

    Such strains ne’er warble in the linnet’s throat. John Gay.

    A plaining song, plain-singing voice requires,
    For warbling notes from inward cheering flow. Philip Sidney.

    There birds resort, and in their kind, thy praise
    Among the branches chant in warbling lays. Henry Wotton.

    Creatures that liv’d and mov’d, and walk’d, or flew;
    Birds on the branches warbling; all things smil’d. John Milton.

    She warbled in her throat,
    And tun’d her voice to many a merry note,
    But indistinct. Dryden.

    A bard amid the joyous circle sings
    High airs attemper’d to the vocal strings;
    Whilst warbling to the varied strain advance,
    Two sprightly youths to form the bounding dance. Alexander Pope.

Wikipedia

  1. warble

    Warble fly is a name given to the genus Hypoderma: large flies which are parasitic on cattle and deer. Other names include "heel flies", "bomb flies" and "gadflies", while their larvae are often called "cattle grubs" or "wolves." Common species of warble fly include Hypoderma bovis (the ox warble fly) and Hypoderma lineatum (the cattle warble fly) and Hypoderma tarandi (the reindeer warble fly). Larvae of Hypoderma species also have been reported in horses, sheep, goats and humans. They have also been found on smaller mammals such as dogs, cats, squirrels, voles and rabbits. Adult warble flies are large, hairy and bumblebee-like and brown, orange or yellow in color. The adults have vestigial mouthparts, so they cannot feed during their short lifespans, which can be as little as five days.They are found on all continents of the Northern Hemisphere, mainly between 25° and 60° latitude.

ChatGPT

  1. warble

    Warble generally refers to a melodic or continuous sound that changes often in pitch or tone, typically produced by birds or musical instruments. As a verb, it means to sing or play a tune in such a way.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Warblenoun

    a small, hard tumor which is produced on the back of a horse by the heat or pressure of the saddle in traveling

  2. Warblenoun

    a small tumor produced by the larvae of the gadfly in the backs of horses, cattle, etc. Called also warblet, warbeetle, warnles

  3. Warblenoun

    see Wormil

  4. Warbleverb

    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

  5. Warbleverb

    to utter musically; to modulate; to carol

  6. Warbleverb

    to cause to quaver or vibrate

  7. Warbleverb

    to be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously

  8. Warbleverb

    to sing in a trilling manner, or with many turns and variations

  9. Warbleverb

    to sing with sudden changes from chest to head tones; to yodel

  10. Warblenoun

    a quavering modulation of the voice; a musical trill; a song

  11. Etymology: [OE. werbelen, OF. werbler; of Teutonic origin; cf. G. wirbeln to turn, to warble, D. wervelen, akin to E. whirl. See Whirl.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Warble

    wawr′bl, v.i. to sing in a quavering way, or with variations: to chirp as birds do.—v.t. to sing in a vibratory manner: to utter musically: to carol.—n. a quavering modulation of the voice: a song.—n. War′bler, one that warbles: a songster: a singing-bird: any bird of the family Sylviidæ, the Fauvettes—nightingale, redbreast, stonechat, wheatear, whitethroat, &c., also the reed-warbler, &c.: in bagpipe music an ornamental group of grace-notes, introduced to glide from one passage to the other; War′bling.—adv. War′blingly. [O. Fr. werbler, to warble, make turns with the voice—Old High Ger. werban; cf. A.S. hweorfan, to turn (Ger. wirbeln), to make a turn.]

  2. Warble

    wawr′bl, n. a small hard swelling on a horse's back, caused by the galling of the saddle: a tumour caused by the gadfly, &c.—n. War′ble-fly, a fly causing warbles. [Other forms are wormil, wornal; ety. dub.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  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.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. WARBLE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Warble is ranked #63373 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Warble surname appeared 315 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Warble.

    97.4% or 307 total occurrences were White.

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Anagrams for warble »

  1. rebawl

  2. bawler

  3. brelaw

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of warble in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of warble in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of warble in a Sentence

  1. Izaak Walton:

    Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art.

  2. Martha Mitchell:

    As I recall, there was this one: I love it's gentle warble, I love it's gentle flow; I love to wind my tongue up; And I love to let it go.

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