warble

Etymology 1
Perhaps.

Verb

 * 1)  To modulate a tone's frequency.
 * 2)  To sing like a bird, especially with trills.
 * 3)  To cause to quaver or vibrate.
 * 4)  To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.
 * 1)  To cause to quaver or vibrate.
 * 2)  To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.
 * 1)  To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: чуруликам
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: wheko
 * Russian: шебетать,, издавать трели
 * Scottish Gaelic: ceileir
 * Spanish:
 * Welsh: telori, trilio

Noun

 * 1) The sound of one who warbles; singing with trills or modulations.
 * 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.

Etymology 2
From (at least for the noun), from  (mole cricket), cognate to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 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.

Translations

 * French: ,
 * German: Dasselbeule
 * Walloon: ,