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    warble - Dictionary definition and meaning for word warble

    Definition
    (noun) a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly Definition
    (verb) sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
    Synonyms : quaver , trill
    Definition
    (verb) sing by changing register; sing by yodeling
    Synonyms : descant , yodel
    Example Sentence
    • The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for warble

Warble can be broken into WAR+Ble(bell), now picture the scene before war, soldiers play drums and BELL and SING patriotic songs.

Warble = War + bl + e. During a 'WAR' a warble will give you sheer 'BLiss'.

it sounds like gargle...

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WARble -- imagine birds are crying during WAR..here it's opposite. they are singing.

warble=war+bible.....during the WAR the wives of the soldiers SING hyms froms the bible....as if praying to the God for their husbands...........:)

war ble -war bell ..sing

bird singing like a bell in the war-field.

Warble: i.e werb- boal , verb-boal , i.e words bolo, sing-bable,

Warble, if written with an 'r' added at the end, becomes warbler which is somewhat similar to the word 'tenor', as they both relate to a pitch in singing.

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