warble

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɔɹbl̩/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɔːbl̩/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)bəl === Etymology 1 === Perhaps onomatopoeic. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== 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 ===== warble fly, warblefly (Hypoderma spp.) 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 ===== === References === “warble”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. warble on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === bawler