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| war·ble [ wáwrb'l ] |
transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle war·bled, present participle war·bling, 3rd person present singular war·bles) |
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1. sing with changing notes: to sing with trills and often changing notes
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refers to birds
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2. sing something: to sing in a quavering or trilling way, or express something in such song
 warble a tune
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noun (plural war·bles) |
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1. singing with often changing notes: singing with trills or other vocal modulations
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2. trilling sound: a sound with trills or quavers
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| [14th century. < Old N French werbler "sing with trills" < Frankish, "whirl, trill"] |