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warbling
war·ble 1 W0026900 (wôr′bəl)v. war·bled, war·bling, war·bles v.tr. To sing (a note or song, for example) with trills, runs, or other melodic embellishments.v.intr.1. To sing with trills, runs, or quavers.2. To be sounded in a trilling or quavering manner.n. The act or an instance of singing with trills, runs, or quavers.
[Middle English werbelen, from Old North French werbler, dialectal variant of Old French guerbler, to sing in a certain way (perhaps by modulating), of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch wervelen and Old Norse hvirfla, to whirl.]
war·ble 2 W0026900 (wôr′bəl)n.1. a. An abscessed boillike swelling on the back of cattle, deer, and certain other animals, caused by the larva of a warble fly.b. The warble fly, especially in its larval stage.2. A hard lump of tissue on a riding horse's back caused by rubbing of the saddle.
[Probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to obsolete Swedish varbulde.]warbling (ˈwɔːblɪŋ) n1. (Music, other) the act or an instance of singing with trills, runs, and other embellishments2. (of an inanimate object) the act of making a high, trilling sound, or the sound madeTranslationsEncyclopediaSeewarble |