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warblet

warblet is the alternative form of warble.

Meaning of warble

Noun (1)

warble (countable and uncountable, plural warbles)

  1. The sound of one who warbles; singing with trills or modulations.
    • The blackbirds and robins and and^([sic]) tits and finches shout at each other, chups and warbles and chirrups that, loosely translated, mean “Fancy a shag?”, “Get OFF my land” or “I’ve got a great big tonker.”2015 April 16, Richard P. Grant, “Sex and the successful fundraiser”, in The Guardian
  2. In naval mine warfare, the process of varying the frequency of sound produced by a narrowband noisemaker to ensure that the frequency to which the mine will respond is covered.

Noun (2)

warble (plural warbles)

  1. A lesion under the skin of cattle, caused by the larva of a bot fly of genus Hypoderma.
  2. A small hard swelling on a horse's back, caused by the galling of the saddle.

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Noun

warblet (plural warblets)

  1. A chirplet based on cyclically varying frequency-modulated signals.

Forms of warblet

pluralwarblets

Origin of warblet

From warble + -let.

Questions about warblet

What does warblet mean?
Warblet means a chirplet based on cyclically varying frequency-modulated signals.
What is warblet the alternative form of?
Warblet is the alternative form of warble.
What part of speech is warblet?
Warblet is a noun.
What is the plural of warblet?
The plural of warblet is warblets.

Words near warblet in the dictionary

  1. warbler-finches
  2. warblerlike
  3. warblers
  4. warbles
  5. warblest
  6. warblet
  7. warbleth
  8. warblets
  9. warbling
  10. warbling vireo
  11. warbling vireos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: warblet (page history and authors); warble (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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