"warble" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɔɹbl̩/ [General-American], /ˈwɔːbl̩/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-warble.ogg [US], en-au-warble.ogg [Australia] Forms: warbles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)bəl Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} warble (countable and uncountable, plural warbles)
  1. The sound of one who warbles; singing with trills or modulations. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Singing
    Sense id: en-warble-en-noun-f5w0jnjA Disambiguation of Singing: 26 23 14 6 11 5 8 7
  2. (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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Military, Singing
    Sense id: en-warble-en-noun-1ybe4ybv Disambiguation of Singing: 26 23 14 6 11 5 8 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 30 23 9 4 1 4 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 29 23 8 6 2 6 12 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈwɔɹbl̩/ [General-American], /ˈwɔːbl̩/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-warble.ogg [US], en-au-warble.ogg [Australia] Forms: warbles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)bəl Etymology: From Middle English werble (at least for the noun), from Frankish *werbel (mole cricket), cognate to Walloon waerbea. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|werble}} Middle English werble, {{der|en|frk|*werbel}} Frankish *werbel, {{cog|wa|waerbea}} Walloon waerbea Head templates: {{en-noun}} warble (plural warbles)
  1. A lesion under the skin of cattle, caused by the larva of a bot fly of genus Hypoderma. Categories (topical): Singing Categories (lifeform): Veterinary medicine Translations (lesion under the skin of cattle, caused by by the larva of a bot fly): varron (French), varon (French), Dasselbeule (German), waerbea (Walloon), waerbåd (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-warble-en-noun-lfutdMU2 Disambiguation of Singing: 26 23 14 6 11 5 8 7 Disambiguation of Veterinary medicine: 11 24 31 14 3 3 3 12 Disambiguation of 'lesion under the skin of cattle, caused by by the larva of a bot fly': 92 8
  2. A small hard swelling on a horse's back, caused by the galling of the saddle.
    Sense id: en-warble-en-noun-0bmhX2Aa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: warble fly
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈwɔɹbl̩/ [General-American], /ˈwɔːbl̩/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-warble.ogg [US], en-au-warble.ogg [Australia] Forms: warbles [present, singular, third-person], warbling [participle, present], warbled [participle, past], warbled [past]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)bəl Head templates: {{en-verb}} warble (third-person singular simple present warbles, present participle warbling, simple past and past participle warbled)
  1. (transitive) To modulate a tone's frequency. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Singing, Vocalizations Synonyms (to modulate a tone's frequency): trill
    Sense id: en-warble-en-verb-KZo4TeBQ Disambiguation of Singing: 26 23 14 6 11 5 8 7 Disambiguation of Vocalizations: 14 21 12 7 30 2 6 8 Disambiguation of "to modulate a tone's frequency": 95 0 2 3
  2. (transitive) To sing like a bird, especially with trills. Tags: transitive Translations (to sing like a bird, especially with trills): чуруликам (čurulikam) (Bulgarian), livertää (Finnish), cinguettare (Italian), さえずる (saezuru) (Japanese), wheko (Maori), шебетать (šebetatʹ) (Russian), залива́ться (zalivátʹsja) (Russian), издавать трели (Russian), ceileir (Scottish Gaelic), trinar (Spanish), telori (Welsh), trilio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-warble-en-verb-FVqmHJ90 Disambiguation of 'to sing like a bird, especially with trills': 0 97 2 1
  3. (transitive) To cause to quaver or vibrate. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-warble-en-verb-x1JGaSww
  4. (intransitive) To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-warble-en-verb-djA~kjpv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: warbler, warbly
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "To modulate a tone's frequency."
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        "(transitive) To sing like a bird, especially with trills."
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        "To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously."
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čurulikam",
      "sense": "to sing like a bird, especially with trills",
      "word": "чуруликам"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to sing like a bird, especially with trills",
      "word": "livertää"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to sing like a bird, especially with trills",
      "word": "cinguettare"
    },
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      "roman": "saezuru",
      "sense": "to sing like a bird, especially with trills",
      "word": "さえずる"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to sing like a bird, especially with trills",
      "word": "wheko"
    },
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      "sense": "to sing like a bird, especially with trills",
      "word": "шебетать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "zalivátʹsja",
      "sense": "to sing like a bird, especially with trills",
      "word": "залива́ться"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "to sing like a bird, especially with trills",
      "word": "издавать трели"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to sing like a bird, especially with trills",
      "word": "ceileir"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to sing like a bird, especially with trills",
      "word": "trinar"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to sing like a bird, especially with trills",
      "word": "telori"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to sing like a bird, especially with trills",
      "word": "trilio"
    }
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}

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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lesion under the skin of cattle, caused by by the larva of a bot fly",
      "word": "varron"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lesion under the skin of cattle, caused by by the larva of a bot fly",
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lesion under the skin of cattle, caused by by the larva of a bot fly",
      "word": "Dasselbeule"
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      "sense": "lesion under the skin of cattle, caused by by the larva of a bot fly",
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