warble
IPA: wˈɔrbʌɫ
noun
- 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.
- 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.
verb
- (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.
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