warbling
Making birdsong sounds
Warbling is singing with trills, quavers, or melodic flourishes.
Birds warble; so do humans who sing in a light, wavering style.
The word often carries a gentle or whimsical quality: a robin warbling outside the window, She was warbling an old show tune in the kitchen.
It can also suggest amateurish or unsteady singing.
High repeated animal calls
- tweetingShort online posts
- twitteringLight, rapid vocal sounds
- trillingRapid note alternation
- cheepingMaking shrill bird cries
piping · songbird · nightingale · thrush · canary · lark · mockingbird · finch
Vocal music-making
- crooningSinging softly, sentimentally
- yodelingVoice-cracking alpine song style
- trillingRapid note alternation
- liltingPleasantly wavering in pitch
humming · falsetto · soprano · vibrato · caroling · serenading · chanting · vocalizing
Soothing song for babies
tender · lilting · calming · serenade · hushed · murmuring · cooing · peaceful
Rapid tonal wavering
- vibratoOscillating pitch effect
- quaverUnsteady vocal sound
- flutterRapid light movement
- undulationRhythmic rise and fall
modulation · pulsation · wavering · fluctuation · trembling · quivering · shimmering · rippling
chirping
High repeated animal calls
- tweetingShort online posts
- twitteringLight, rapid vocal sounds
- trillingRapid note alternation
cheeping · piping · songbird · nightingale · thrush · canary · lark · mockingbird · finch · robin
singing
Vocal music-making
- crooningSinging softly, sentimentally
- yodelingVoice-cracking alpine song style
- trillingRapid note alternation
lilting · humming · falsetto · soprano · vibrato · caroling · serenading · chanting · vocalizing · melodious
lullaby
Soothing song for babies
sweet · tender · lilting · calming · serenade · hushed · murmuring · cooing · peaceful · dreamlike
tremolo
Rapid tonal wavering
undulation · modulation · pulsation · wavering · fluctuation · trembling · quivering · shimmering · rippling · fluttering
- bird behaviorsflying, soaring, perching, nesting, migrating
- bird soundschirp, birdcall, tweet, bird songs, cheep
- bird traitsfeathered, plumed, plumage, plumaged, beaky
- music expressionsmusic to my ears, in tune, out of tune, play it by ear, strike a chord
- vocalizationsspeak, speaking, talking, whisper, shout
- falconryfalcon, falconer, hood, gauntlet, jesses