WARBLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does warble mean?
• WARBLE (noun)
The noun WARBLE has 1 sense:
1. a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly
Familiarity information: WARBLE used as a noun is very rare.
• WARBLE (verb)
The verb WARBLE has 2 senses:
1. sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
2. sing by changing register; sing by yodeling
Familiarity information: WARBLE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WARBLE (noun)
Meaning:
A lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("warble" is a kind of...):
animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)
• WARBLE (verb)
Meaning:
Sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
warble; quaver; trill
Hypernyms (to "warble" is one way to...):
sing (produce tones with the voice)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They will warble the duet
Meaning:
Sing by changing register; sing by yodeling
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
yodel; descant; warble
Context example:
The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains
Hypernyms (to "warble" is one way to...):
sing (produce tones with the voice)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
The birds warble in the woods
