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warbler

warbler

1 7.7
A singer who adds quick high notes to songs
  • noun
  • /ˈwɔːrblər/
translation icon : cantante
  • And so, yeah, we had, we studied Golden Wing Warblers and they winter in Central America and breed up in northern US and Canada.
  • young warbler

Examples

  • I'm the Mini Warbler.

  • I want to be a Warbler really bad.

  • And I would potentially shave my hair off so I could be a Warbler.

  • Cousin Allegra is to set herself up as the town warbler.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Miss Warbler, or whatever the hell her name was, thought we were supposed to be the Mormon Tabernacle Choir or something the way she worked us those first few days.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • That last one had stood before the storm at fifteen, starting with a warbler he'd found in his yard when he was little—in fact, the very bird that had sparked his first interest.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • THAT, I'M SURE, YOU'LL ALL REMEMBER IS THE VOICE OF THE NELLES WARBLER.

  • The talented warbler captivated the audience with her exquisite trills during the concert.

  • Many warblers can be heard in the forest, each providing their own unique melody.

  • At the talent show, the warbler added intricate embellishments to her performance that delighted the crowd.

Synonyms

singer
vswarbler
787 1.0

A person who uses their voice to make music, often on stage

is more about decorative, embellished singing than general performance
vocalist
vswarbler
37 3.0

A person who sings, often in a band or group

is more about solo ornamental singing rather than group role
hummer
vswarbler
1 7.2

A person who makes a tune by singing with closed lips and no words

uses open melodic ornamentation and trills rather than closed humming
vocalizer
vswarbler
1 7.1

A person who sings using their voice as a musical instrument

focuses more on decorative notes and trilling than instrumental technique
triller
vswarbler
7.6

A person, animal, or thing that makes a quick repeated high sound

emphasizes varied ornamented singing rather than only trills
poet-singer
vswarbler
6.7

A person who writes and sings folk songs that tell stories

focuses on ornamental vocal sounds rather than songwriting or poetry
songster
vswarbler
6.7

A bird that makes clear, pleasant sounds

is a human performer using ornamentation and trills rather than bird song

Compounds

Wilson's warbler
  • Specialized
1 8.4

A small bright yellow North American bird with a black cap that lives in shrubs

1 8.4

A small bright North American bird that sings a weak simple song

Blackburnian warbler
  • Specialized
9.4

A small North American bird with black and white feathers and a bright orange head and throat

Cape May warbler
  • Specialized
9.4

A small North American bird with yellow and olive-green feathers and black streaks

A small songbird with a yellow throat and streaked feathers found in western North America

A small songbird found in western North America with a yellow throat and rump

A small songbird that catches insects in the air

A small songbird with a yellow throat from the Americas

A small North American songbird with a white throat and bright yellow patches on its lower back and sides

A small brightly colored American songbird with a weak song

Old World warbler
  • Specialized
9.5

A small active bird that sings, often brown or grey, from Europe, Asia and Africa

A small blue-gray bird with a bright yellow throat and breast found in eastern North America

9.4

A small brown songbird that breeds in reeds and winters in Africa

true warbler
  • Specialized
9.9

A small active songbird usually brown or grey from Europe, Asia and Africa

9.5

A small European forest bird with pale yellow feathers and a clear trilling song

wren warbler
  • Indian
9.1

A small bird from Asia and Africa that makes nests by sewing leaves together

A small bright yellow bird that sings near streams and marshes

Surface Forms

warbler singular
warblers plural

Morphology

warbler = warble (transparent) = warble + er

Agentive nominalization from the verb 'warble' is directly interpretable: 'one that warbles' (here a human singer who warbles).

Etymology

The word warbler comes from the verb warble 'to sing with trills' and the agent -er, so it literally means 'one who warbles'. That's why we also call a singer a warbler when they use many trills or decorative notes in their voice.