WARBLE

warble

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

yodel, warble, descant

(verb) sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; “The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains”

warble, trill, quaver

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

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

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

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.

Anagrams

• bawler

Source: Wiktionary

War"ble, n. Etym: [Cf. Wormil.]

1. (Far.) (a) A small, hard tumor which is produced on the back of a horse by the heat or pressure of the saddle in traveling. (b) A small tumor produced by the larvæ of the gadfly in the backs of horses, cattle, etc. Called also warblet, warbeetle, warnles.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: See Wormil.

War"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Warbling.] Etym: [OE. werbelen, OF. werbler; of Teutonic origin; cf. G. wirbeln to turn, to warble, D. wervelen, akin to E. whirl. See Whirl.]

1. 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.

2. To utter musically; to modulate; to carol. If she be right invoked in warbled song. Milton. Warbling sweet the nuptial lay. Trumbull.

3. To cause to quaver or vibrate. "And touch the warbled string." Milton.

War"ble, v. i.

1. To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously. Such strains ne'er warble in the linnet's throat. Gay.

3. To sing in a trilling manner, or with many turns and variations. "Birds on the branches warbling." Milton.

3. To sing with sudden changes from chest to head tones; to yodel.

War"ble, n.

Definition: A quavering modulation of the voice; a musical trill; a song. And he, the wondrous child, Whose silver warble wild Outvalued every pulsing sound. Emerson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition