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Examples of warble in a Sentence
Birds were warbling in the trees.
He warbled his way through the song.
First Known Use of warble
14th century
Origin and Etymology of warble
perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to obsolete Swedish varbulde boil, from var pus + bulde swelling
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First Known Use: circa 1585
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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warble
Definition of warble for English Language Learners
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of a bird : to sing a song that has many different notes
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: to sing (something) especially with a high or shaky voice
WARBLE Defined for Kids
Definition of warble for Students
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: low pleasing sounds that form a melody (as of a bird)
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: the action of making low pleasing sounds that form a melody
Definition of warble for Students
warbled;
warbling
: to sing a melody of low pleasing sounds
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