warble

• air
• ballad
• belt
• cadence
• carol
• chant
• chirp
• chorus
• croon
• descant
• discant
• ditty
• harmonize
• hymn
• lay
• lilt
• lyric
• madrigal
• measure
• melody
• meter
• quaver
• rhythm
• scat
• sing
• slur
• song
• strain
• trill
• troll
• tune
• vocalize
• yodel

• noun
  1. The sound of one who warbles; singing with trills or modulations.
  2. 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.
  3. A lesion under the skin of cattle, caused by the larva of a bot fly of genus Hypoderma.
  4. A small hard swelling on a horse's back, caused by the galling of the saddle.
• verb
  1. To modulate a tone's frequency.
  2. To sing like a bird, especially with trills.
  3. To cause to quaver or vibrate.
  4. To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.

• The bird began to warble its morning song as the sun rose.
• Her voice would warble with emotion whenever she sang that particular song.
• During the concert, the singer's voice would warble beautifully during the high notes.
• The old radio warbled faintly, but we could still make out the song playing.
• The flute player could make the instrument warble in a way that enchanted the audience.

call

quaver

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