Definitions for warbles

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warbles war·ble

Spelling: [wawr-buh l]

IPA: /ˈwɔr bəl/

Warbles is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 233 anagrams from letters in warbles (abelrsw).

Definitions for warbles

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 warbles

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 warbles

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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