warble

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1. warble - Noun

2. warble - Verb

Meaning

A small, hard tumor which is produced on the back of a horse by the heat or pressure of the saddle in traveling.

A small tumor produced by the larvae of the gadfly in the backs of horses, cattle, etc. Called also warblet, warbeetle, warnles.

See Wormil.

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.

To utter musically; to modulate; to carol.

To cause to quaver or vibrate.

To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.

To sing in a trilling manner, or with many turns and variations.

To sing with sudden changes from chest to head tones; to yodel.

A quavering modulation of the voice; a musical trill; a song.

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Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art. Izaak Walton

The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains Source: Internet

Here, the Radiohead axman uses a warble of atonal guitar, a throb of Cliff Martinez-style ambience, and that familiar, eerie tangle of strings to chart the jagged ups and downs of an unstable mind. Source: Internet

But when you listen to their first three records, the name that most readily comes to mind is Skynyrd’s erstwhile rival Neil Young, whose plaintive, moonlight warble provides the foundation for much of James’ early work. Source: Internet

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