warbling
n.
act of singing with trilled and modulated voice
warble
v.
sing with trilled and modulated voice
warble
Noun
1. a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly
(hypernym) animal disease
Verb
1. sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
(synonym) trill, quaver
(hypernym) sing
(derivation) warbler
2. sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"
(synonym) yodel, descant
(hypernym) sing
Warbling
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Warble
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Synonyms and related words:
bel canto, bravura, choral singing, coloratura, croon, crooning, folk singing, hum, humming, intonation, lyricism, operatic singing, scat, scat singing, singing, sol-fa, sol-fa exercise, solfeggio, solmization, song, tonic sol-fa, vocal music, vocalization, yodel, yodeling
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.