warble¹ /wörˈbl/

1. To sing in a vibrating treble or soprano, to trill (sometimes facetious or derogatory)
2. To sing with elaborations such as runs and trills
3. To sing sweetly as birds do
4. To make or be produced as a sweet quavering sound
5. To yodel (US)

1. To sing in a vibratory manner
2. To sing sweetly
3. To express or extol in poetry or song
4. To cause (eg a stringed instrument) to vibrate or sound musically

1. The activity, or a spell, of warbling
2. A quavering modulation of the voice
3. A song

warˈbler noun

1. Someone who warbles
2. A songster
3. A singing-bird
4. Any bird of the subfamily Sylviinae of the family Muscicapidae (willow warbler, reed warbler, whitethroat, blackcap, etc)
5. Any of numerous small, brightly-coloured American birds of the family Parulidae
6. A whistle used in infant classes, etc
7. (in bagpipe music) an ornamental group of grace notes

warˈbling noun and adjective

warˈblingly adverb

warble² /wörˈbl/

1. A small hard swelling on a horse's back, caused by the galling of the saddle, etc
2. A swelling caused by a warble fly or a botfly

warble fly noun

Any of several flies of the same family as botflies whose larvae cause painful swellings that spoil the hides of horses and cattle, etc

• buplevers
• buppies
• buppy
• buprestid
• Buprestidae
• buprestids
• Buprestis
• bupropion
• bur
• BUR
• Burakumin
• buran
• burans
• burb
• Burberry
• burble
• burbled
• burble point
• burble points
• burbler
• burblers
• burbles
• burbling
• burbling point
• burblings