warble

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.]

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.

(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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