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warble
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)
- (transitive) To modulate a tone's frequency.
- (transitive) To sing like a bird, especially with trills.
- (transitive) To cause to quaver or vibrate.
- (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)
- The sound of one who warbles; singing with trills or modulations.
- (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)
- 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.
Derived terms
- warble fly
Translations
Anagrams
- bawler
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warbly
English
Etymology
warble +? -y
Adjective
warbly (comparative more warbly, superlative most warbly)
- Having a warbling quality; tending to warble
- She has a thin, warbly voice.
Derived terms
- warbliness
Anagrams
- brawly, byrlaw
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