Definitions for warble

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warble war·ble

Spelling: [wawr-buh l]

IPA: /ˈwɔr bəl/

Warble is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 107 anagrams from letters in warble (abelrw).

Definitions for warble

noun

1. a warbled song or succession of melodic trills, quavers, etc.
2. the act of warbling.
3. a small, hard tumor on a horse's back, produced by the galling of the saddle.
4. a lump in the skin of an animal's back, containing the larva of a warble fly.

verb (used with object)

1. to sing (an aria or other selection) with trills, quavers, or melodious turns.
2. to express or celebrate in or as if in song; carol.

verb (used without object)

1. to sing or whistle with trills, quavers, or melodic embellishments:
2. to yodel.
3. (of electronic equipment) to produce a continuous sound varying regularly in pitch and frequency.

Origin of warble

1300-50; Middle English werble a tune Old North French Germanic; compare Old High German werbel something that turns, equivalent to werb- (cognate with Old English hweorf- in hweorfan to turn

Examples for warble

Carol and warble are especially applied to the singing of birds.

He used to wake her in the morning with a kiss, and warble his little greeting.

But Rose, for some reason or other, did not warble as usual this morning.

I lean over a rail to hear what is in the air, liquid with the bluebird's warble.

Some imitate the songs of other birds and warble very sweetly.

And without waiting any longer, she began to warble her songs.

"Somehow I don't remember just what warble looks like," Peter confessed.

I can sing a little, too,” said Mr. Humphreys; “we might warble together.

Who teaches the young chipper to trill, and the young linnet to warble?

Her warble resembled that of the male, but was neither so strong nor so varied.