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Meanings of warble in English

Catalan
refilar

Sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below.

refilar
Portuguese
cantar à tirolesa
Spanish
hacer gorgoritos

Sing by changing register; sing by yodeling.

cantar à tirolesa
Usage of warble in English
1
There never was anyone who could equal Jenny Lind in the warble.
T. De Witt Talmage as I Knew Him
2
The birds had ceased to sit and warble on the trees above.
The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851
3
It was the spring flowing, ever flowing on, with its bird-like warble.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 3
4
No cheerful warble of a merry songster would ever greet our ears.
"Co. Aytch," Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment / Or, A Side ...
5
They chip, chirp, and sing, warble, whistle, thrill, scream, and hoot it.
The Harvester
6
What subtle trill, I wonder, is he going to warble to us?
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2
7
Did you know Stella used to warble like a prima donna, Jack?
Big Timber: A Story of the Northwest
8
Chas heard a bird again, the silly surprised warble of a chikrow.
The Reality Dysfunction
9
Etchells opened his beak wide to let out an imaginary warble of success.
The Naked God
10
I learn some military songs, which I warble with an atrocious French accent.
The forgotten soldier
11
The formless autumnal warble of the song sparrow is familiar to every one.
A Florida Sketch-Book
12
Yet he has a lisping warble very savory to the ear.
Wake-Robin
13
So you're going to find topical excuses to warble about biscuits?
The Guardian
14
And the conceited little bird continued to warble as hard as he could,-
The Curious Book of Birds
15
O how shall I warble myself for the dead one there I loved?
Leaves of Grass
16
Carrera came online behind the shrill warble of unravelling scrambler codes.
Broken angels
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