different between warble vs wabble

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w??bl?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w??bl?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)b?l

Etymology 1

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Verb

warble (third-person singular simple present warbles, present participle warbling, simple past and past participle warbled)

1. (transitive) To modulate a tone's frequency.
2. (transitive) To sing like a bird, especially with trills.
3. (transitive) To cause to quaver or vibrate.
4. (intransitive) To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.

Synonyms

• (to modulate a tone's frequency): trill

Derived terms

• warbler
• warbly

Translations

Noun

warble (countable and uncountable, plural warbles)

1. The sound of one who warbles; singing with trills or modulations.
2. (military) 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.

Etymology 2

From Middle English werble (at least for the noun), from Frankish *werbel (mole cricket), cognate to Walloon waerbea.

Noun

warble (plural warbles)

1. A lesion under the skin of cattle, caused by the larva of a bot fly of genus Hypoderma.
2. A small hard swelling on a horse's back, caused by the galling of the saddle.

Derived terms

• warble fly

Translations

Anagrams

• bawler

English

Etymology

Compare German dialect wabbeln (“to wabble”), and English whap. Compare quaver.

Verb

wabble (third-person singular simple present wabbles, present participle wabbling, simple past and past participle wabbled)

1. wobble, move to and fro

Anagrams

• bawble