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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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              Warble through the time
              Warble across language varieties
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