Synonyms for warble
Definitions
- v. 1
To modulate a tone's frequency.
- v. 2
To sing like a bird, especially with trills.
Related words
- Word family
- warbler
- Phrases
- warble fly
- Other spellings
- warblet
Forms
- Past participle
- warbled
e.g. warbled → trilled, quavered, caroled, yodeled…
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To carol is to sing joyously, and to warble (kindred with whirl) is to sing with trills or quavers, usually also with the idea of joy. Carol and warble are especially applied to the singing of birds.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- carol Carol will have left for London by eight tomorrow.
- trill The nightingale's trill woke me up early in the morning.
- quaver His odes shall be read with minim, or crochet, or quaver rests.
- sing You are the kind of guitarist I like to sing with.
- yodel Is it tacky that I know how to yodel?
- hymn Sami was singing his favorite hymn, Amazing Grace.
By length
- 3 letters
- hum1
- 4 letters
- sing1, hymn1
- 5 letters
- carol2, chant1, trill1, yodel2
- 6 letters
- quaver2
- 7 letters
- tweedle2, descant
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (carol2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- zinzinuler
- Español
- trinar