warble.
To modulate a tone's frequency.
Meaning & usage
To modulate a tone's frequency.
To sing like a bird, especially with trills.
To cause to quaver or vibrate.
To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.
Where this word comes from
Perhaps onomatopoeic.
The sound of one who warbles; singing with trills or modulations.
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.
Where this word comes from
Perhaps onomatopoeic.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English werble (at least for the noun), from Frankish *werbel (mole cricket), cognate to Walloon waerbea.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.