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# warble

«warble» in Mova's school dictionary: **Of a bird: to sing with a sweet, trembling, changing sound** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (warble, warbles, warbled, warbling); noun (a warble)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Of a bird: to sing with a sweet, trembling, changing sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warble/#m1)

2) Of a person: to sing in a high, wobbly voice, often said jokingly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warble/#m2)

3) (noun) A warbling sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warble/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in nature writing, stories and poems: birds warble in the trees in spring. It can be gently funny about people: "Grandad warbled an old song in the bath." Warblers are a group of small songbirds named after their song.

### examples

- A little bird warbled in the hedge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warble/#x1)
- We heard blackbirds warbling at dawn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warble/#x2)
- Grandad warbled an old song while he made the tea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warble/#x3)
- The singer's voice warbled on the high notes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warble/#x4)
- The warble of the robin filled the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warble/#x5)
- My sister warbles along to every song on the radio. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warble/#x6)
- "Through the forest, and in the vale, Sweetly warbles the nightingale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warble/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: warbled, warbling. A warbler is a small songbird. "Warble" is gentler than "screech" or "squawk". Do not confuse with "wobble", though a warbling voice does wobble a little.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «warble» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warble/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.