warble
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warble¹
- /ˈwɔɹbl̩/ US
- /ˈwɔːbl̩/ UK
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)bəl
Where it comes from
Perhaps onomatopoeic.
verb warbles · warbling · warbled
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To modulate a tone's frequency.
Similar: trill
- To sing like a bird, especially with trills. Her voice more sweet than warbling sound, Tho’ sung by nightingale or lark, Her eyes such lustre dart around, Compar’d to them the sun is dark.
- To cause to quaver or vibrate. touch the warbled string
- To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously. The wailings of a maiden I recite, / A maiden fair, that Sparabella hight. / Such ſtrains ne'er warble in the linnet's throat, / Nor the gay goldfinch chaunts ſo ſweet a note, [...]
noun warbles
- The sound of one who warbles; singing with trills or modulations. The blackbirds and robins and and^([sic]) tits and finches shout at each other, chups and warbles and chirrups that, loosely translated, mean “Fancy a shag?”, “Get OFF my land” or “I’ve got a great big tonker.”
- In naval mine warfare, the process of varying the frequency of sound produced by a narrowband noisemaker to ensure that the frequency to which the mine will respond is covered.
warble²
- /ˈwɔɹbl̩/ US
- /ˈwɔːbl̩/ UK
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)bəl
Where it comes from
From Middle English werble (at least for the noun), from Frankish *werbel (mole cricket), cognate to Walloon waerbea.
noun warbles
- A lesion under the skin of cattle, caused by the larva of a bot fly of genus Hypoderma.
- A small hard swelling on a horse's back, caused by the galling of the saddle.
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verb to sing like a bird, especially with trills
| Español | trinar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | さえずる saezuru |
| Português | gorjear |
| Italiano | cinguettare |
| Русский | щебета́ть ščebetátʹ, залива́ться zalivátʹsja, издавать трели |
noun lesion under the skin of cattle, caused by the larva of a bot fly
| Français | varron, varon |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Dasselbeule |
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