warble
▪ I. war·ble [warble warbles warbled warbling] BrE [ˈwɔːbl] NAmE [ˈwɔːrbl] verb
1. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) | + speech (humorous)to sing, especially in a high voice that is not very steady
•He warbled his way through the song.
2. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) (of a bird)to sing with rapidly changing notes
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Word Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun in the sense ‘melody’): from Old Northern French werble (noun), werbler (verb), of Germanic origin; related to ↑whirl.
▪ II. war·ble noun
•I heard the faint warble of Laura's voice.
Main entry: ↑warblederived
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