Synonyms of the word warble


WARBLEDESCANT - QUAVER - SING - TRILL - YODEL

warble

  • v. (transitive) To modulate a tone's frequency.
  • v. (transitive) To sing like a bird, especially with trills.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to quaver or vibrate.
  • v. (intransitive) To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.
  • n. (military) In naval mine warfare, the process of varying the frequency of sound produced by a narrow band…
  • n. A lesion under the skin of cattle, caused by the larva of a bot fly of genus Hypoderma.

descant

  • n. A lengthy discourse on a subject.
  • n. (music) A counterpoint melody sung or played above the theme.
  • v. (intransitive) To discuss at length.
  • v. (intransitive) To sing or play a descant.

quaver

  • n. a trembling shake.
  • n. a trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing.
  • n. (music) an eighth note, drawn as a crotchet (quarter note) with a tail.
  • v. to shake in a trembling manner.
  • v. (intransitive) to use the voice in a trembling manner, as in speaking or singing.
  • v. (transitive) To utter quaveringly.

sing

  • v. (intransitive) To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
  • v. (transitive) To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.
  • v. (transitive) To soothe with singing.
  • v. (intransitive, slang) To confess under interrogation.
  • v. To make a small, shrill sound.
  • v. To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry.
  • v. (intransitive) To display fine qualities; to stand out as excellent.
  • n. A gathering for the purpose of singing songs.

trill

  • n. (music) A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it, in musical notation usually…
  • n. (phonetics) A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place…
  • v. (intransitive) To create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations…
  • v. (transitive) To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To trickle.

yodel

  • v. (transitive and intransitive) To sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between…
  • n. A song incorporating yodelling.

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