Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of warble
nounwarbling (plural warblings)
plural warblings
- A sound that warbles.
the warblings of birds in the hedgerows
2 more examples
the quaverings and warblings in lutes and pipes
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLCThe Game of Thrones novels were best sellers without fleshed-out Dothraki; the languages in Star Wars, one of the most successful franchises ever, are mostly gibberish, even if Han Solo claims to understand Chewbacca’s bestial warbling.
2022 December 31, Matteo Wong, “Hollywood’s Love Affair With Fictional Languages”, in The Atlantic
Translations
Irish ceiliúr
- ceiliúra sound that warbles
Spanish trino, trinado
- trinoa sound that warbles
- trinadoa sound that warbles
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Cite this entry
APA
warbling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warbling
MLA
“warbling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warbling. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “warbling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warbling.
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