Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - warble
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(warbles, warbling, warbled) 1. When a bird warbles, it sings pleasantly. The bird continued to warble... A flock of birds was already warbling a cheerful morning chorus. VERB: V, V n 2. If someone warbles, they sing in a high-pitched, rather unsteady voice. She warbled as she worked. ...singers warbling ‘Over the Rainbow’. VERB: V, V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English werble tune, from Old French (Picard dialect), from werbler to sing expressively, trill, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch wervelen to turn, Old High German wirbil whirlwind — more at whirl Date: 14th century 1. a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds 2. a musical trill 3. the action of warbling II. verb (~d; warbling) Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to sing in a trilling manner or with many turns and variations 2. to become sounded with trills, quavers, and rapid modulations in pitch 3. sing transitive verb to render with turns, runs, or rapid modulations ; trill III. noun Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to obsolete Swedish varbulde boil, from var pus + bulde swelling Date: circa 1585 1. a swelling under the skin especially of the back of cattle, horses, and wild mammals caused by infestation with maggots of a botfly or ~ fly 2. the maggot of a ~ fly • ~d adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. v. & n. --v. 1 intr. & tr. sing in a gentle trilling manner. 2 tr. a speak or utter in a warbling manner. b express in a song or verse (warbled his love). --n. a warbled song or utterance. Etymology: ME f. ONF werble(r) f. Frank. hwirbilon whirl, trill 2. n. 1 a hard lump on a horse's back caused by the galling of a saddle. 2 a the larva of a warble fly beneath the skin of cattle etc. b a tumour produced by this. Phrases and idioms warble fly any of various flies of the genus Hypoderma, infesting the skin of cattle and horses. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. uncert. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. трель (соловья и т. п.) 2. пение (птиц); щебет 3. песня; мелодия 4. издавать трели, пускать трель 5. петь, заливаться (о птицах); щебетать 6. журчать (о ручейке) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- c.1390, from O.N.Fr. werbler "to sing with trills and quavers," from Frank. *werbilon (cf. M.Du. wervelen "to turn, whirl"). Warbler applied to Old World songbirds, in North America to birds that look like them but sing little. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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