warble

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

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.

Noun

1. A lesion under the skin of cattle, caused by the larva of a bot fly of genus Hypoderma.
2. A small hard swelling on a horse's back, caused by the galling of the saddle.

Sinonieme

trill

twitter

chirp

sing

peep

quaver

squeak

carol

yodel

hum

chirrup

pipe

shake

tweet

croon

descant

coo

chirl

call

chant

chatter

cheep

graft

purr

rattle

stridulate

tweedle

vibrato

vocalize

birdsong

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈwɔɹbl̩/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: werble

Verwante met Walloon: waerbea

In summary

Perhaps onomatopoeic.