Warble Definition
wôrbəl
warbled, warbles, warbling
verb
warbled, warbles, warbling
To sing (a song, notes, etc.) melodiously, with trills, quavers, runs, etc., as a bird does.
Webster's New World
To sing melodiously, with trills, etc.
Webster's New World
To express in song.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
To be sounded in a trilling or quavering manner.
American Heritage
noun
warbles
The act of warbling.
Webster's New World
A warbling sound; trill.
Webster's New World
The warble fly, especially in its larval stage.
American Heritage Medicine
A lump or swelling under the hide of an animal, esp. on the back, caused by the presence of a larva of a botfly, esp. a warble fly.
Webster's New World
A small, hard tumor on the back of a horse, caused by the rubbing and pressing of a saddle.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Warble
Noun
Singular:
warble
Plural:
warblesOrigin of Warble
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 Middle Dutch wervelen Old Norse hvirfla to whirl
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English werble, (at least for the noun) from Frankish werbel (mole cricket), cognate to Walloon waerbea.
From Wiktionary
Probably of Scandinavian origin obsolete Swedish varbulde
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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