Warbling

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Warble \War"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Warbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Warbling}.] [OE. werbelen, OF. werbler; of Teutonic origin;
     cf. G. wirbeln to turn, to warble, D. wervelen, akin to E.
     whirl. See {Whirl}.]
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     1. To sing in a trilling, quavering, or vibratory manner; to


        modulate with turns or variations; to trill; as, certain
        birds are remarkable for warbling their songs.
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     2. To utter musically; to modulate; to carol.
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              If she be right invoked in warbled song. --Milton.
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              Warbling sweet the nuptial lay.       --Trumbull.
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     3. To cause to quaver or vibrate. "And touch the warbled
        string." --Milton.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "warbling":
     bel canto, bravura, choral singing, coloratura, croon, crooning,
     folk singing, hum, humming, intonation, lyricism, operatic singing,
     scat, scat singing, singing, sol-fa, sol-fa exercise, solfeggio,
     solmization, song, tonic sol-fa, vocal music, vocalization, yodel,
     yodeling