Synonyms for warbling

Grammar : Verb

Spell : wawr-buh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɔr bəl

Définition of warbling

Origin : c.1300, from Old North French werbler "to sing with trills and quavers," from Frankish *werbilon (cf. Old High German wirbil "whirlwind," German Wirbel "whirl, whirlpool, tuning peg, vertebra," Middle Dutch wervelen "to turn, whirl"); see whirl. The noun meaning "tune, melody" is recorded from c.1300. Related: Warbled; warbling.

verb sing
verb trill

Example sentences :

Very soon I heard a low, warbling sound which seemed quite near.
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

Above him all the birds were warbling their morning song up into the blue sky.
Extract from : « What Sami Sings with the Birds » by Johanna Spyri

And whilst she was warbling the door of the salle opened and in walked Laurent.
Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray

The swans are warbling your name and so are half a dozen pesky Yankee Parrotts.
Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

It must be near to her: it was warbling there, perhaps she could grasp it with her hand.
Extract from : « Debts of Honor » by Maurus Jkai

There's a warbling waggoner in it, and his team jingling their bells.
Extract from : « The Violin » by George Hart

They are warbling words to music, but they are not singing, for the meaning is not there.
Extract from : « Spirit and Music » by H. Ernest Hunt

It was as if an angel had come to earth, and were warbling the airs of paradise.
Extract from : « The Rover of the Andes » by R.M. Ballantyne

Since it was Toners it would be the fathers side; not the warbling mothers.
Extract from : « Adrienne Toner » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

But over all rang the warbling and chattering of birds, from out the forest shade.
Extract from : « The Quest » by Frederik van Eeden

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