v., -bled, -bling, -bles.

v.tr.

To sing (a note or song, for example) with trills, runs, or other melodic embellishments.

v.intr.

1. To sing with trills, runs, or quavers.
2. To be sounded in a trilling or quavering manner.

n.

The act or an instance of singing with trills, runs, or quavers.

[Middle English werbelen, from Old North French werbler, of Germanic origin.]

war·ble² (wôr'bəl)
n.

1. 1. An abscessed boillike swelling on the back of cattle, deer, and certain other animals, caused by the larva of a warble fly.
   2. The warble fly, especially in its larval stage.
2. A hard lump of tissue on a riding horse's back caused by rubbing of the saddle.

[Probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to obsolete Swedish varbulde.]

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The disease caused by hypoderma. Includes damage to the hides where the larvae emerge, some cases of choke caused by periesophagitis, posterior paresis or paralysis in a small percentage of infested cattle due to a reaction to dead H. bovis in the spinal canal, and some deaths due to invasion of the brain or to anaphylaxis.

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(DOD, NATO) In naval mine warfare, the process of varying the frequency of sound produced by a narrow band noisemaker to ensure that the frequency to which the mine will respond is covered.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly

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The verb warble has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: sing with trills
  Synonyms: trill, quaver

Meaning #2: sing by changing register; sing by yodeling
  Synonyms: yodel, descant

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. intr. - slå en trille
v. tr. - synge, slå triller
n. - sang, trille

2.
n. - bremsebyld, knude, vable, bremselarve, oksebremse

Nederlands (Dutch)
kwelen, zingen als een vogel, gekweel, (vee) gezwel

Français (French)
1.
v. intr. - gazouiller (pour un oiseau), roucouler
v. tr. - chanter en gazouillant
n. - gazouillis

2.
n. - (Vét) varron

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - trällern
n. - Geträller

2.
n. - Dasselbeule

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κελαηδώ, τιτιβίζω, κελαρύζω
n. - κελάηδημα, τρίλια, τιτίβισμα, κελάρυσμα

Italiano (Italian)
gorgheggiare, cinguettio

Português (Portuguese)
v. - gorjear
n. - tumor (m), inchação (f), gorjeio (m)

Русский (Russian)
трель, мелодия, издавать трели, петь, щебетать

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. intr. - trinar, gorjear, gorgoritear
v. tr. - cantar trinando, expresar a voz en cuello
n. - gorjeo, trino, gorgorito

2.
n. - absceso por miasis

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - sjunga, joddla
n. - sjungande

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
鸟啭, 鸟鸣, 用柔和的颤声唱, 颤声

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 動物皮瘤;鞍瘤;牛皮蠅蛆

2.
v. tr. - 鳥囀
v. intr. - 鳥鳴, 用柔和的顫聲唱
n. - 用顫音唱的歌;鳥鳴般的聲音

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. intr. - (새가) 지저귀다, 목소리를 떨며 노래하다, (물이) 졸졸 흐르다
v. tr. - (새가) 지저귀다, 목소리를 떨며 노래하다, (물이) 졸졸 흐르다
n. - 지저귐, 떨리는 목소리, 노래

2.
n. - (말 등의) 안장 때문에 생긴 혹, (쇠파리에 쐬어) 가축의 등에 생긴 종기, 쇠파리의 유충

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - さえずる, 声を震わせて歌う
n. - さえずり, 震え声

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يغرد, يغني (الاسم) لحن, تغريد, الانتفاخ النبري أي انتفاخ تحت جلد الحيوان كالفرس, , يرقه الذبابه النبريه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮צפצפה ברכות ובסלסול קול (ציפור)‬
v. tr. - ‮סלסל בקולו, זימר בסלסול‬
n. - ‮סלסול קול‬
n. - ‮גוש שנוצר על גב הסוס משפשוף האוכף, התנפחות שנוצרה מתחת לעור פרה, סוס וכו' ע"י זבוב עור הפרה, זחל עור הפרה‬

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