to warble
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7.8
- verb
- /ˈwɔːr.bəl/
:
trinar
- "Her voice warbled and she touched my temple with her fingertips."
- birds warble
- warbling voice
- warbling vireo
In the Civil War, he imagines A warbling, a little bird.
- In the Civil War, he imagines A warbling, a little bird.
Examples
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Hear him warbling in praise of the cuckoo bird.
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A bird unknown to me was warbling in an elder bush on the slope of the sand pit.
Fiction book (1996) -
Oh, setting sun, though the time has come, I warble under you.
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There he would sing and warble and whistle and hug Geula and kiss her.
Fiction book (1998) -
It had a little magpie in it, And every morning, it would warble away.
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" Take me in your arms, " she warbled in no particular tune, " and dance with me-e-ee! "
Fiction book (1997) -
The men made music with their mouths and warbled like flutes in their traditional greeting.
Fiction book (1995) -
As if in reply, the birds warbled and chirped from the trees and raspberry bushes.
Fiction book (1992) -
Mozart's Violin Concerto in E minor, soft and harrowing, warbled from hidden speakers.
Fiction book (1990) -
As the sun began to rise, the birds warbled a cheerful tune from the treetops.
Synonyms
8
8.1
To sing by quickly changing from the normal voice to a very high voice
3
8.1
To make a voice or note sound shaky from nerves
2
7.2
To sing or play a quick change between two nearby notes
Compounds
- Specialized
A hairy fly like a bee whose young insects make lumps under the skin of cows
How Ornamented
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word warble meaning to sing comes from the same idea as the bird name warbler, which copies a quick, musical sound; a helpful way to remember it is to think of a small bird making 'trills'. So to warble is to sing with light, fast changes in the notes.