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warble: a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly; sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below

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intone collapse

croon collapse: sing softly

cackle collapse: a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle; the sound made by a hen after laying an egg; emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing; squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens; talk or utter in a cackling manner; "The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine"

intonate collapse: speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone; "please intonate with sadness"

cluck collapse: the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks); make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens

tweet collapse: a week chirping sound as of a small bird; make a weak, chirping sound; "the small bird was tweeting in the tree"

cheep collapse: the short weak cry of a young bird

melody collapse: the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes

gaggle collapse: a flock of geese; make a noise characteristic of a goose; "Cackling geese"

yodel collapse: a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto; sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"

caw collapse: the sound made by corvine birds; utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens

sol fa collapse

quack collapse: the harsh sound of a duck; an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice; act as a medical quack or a charlatan; utter quacking noises; "The ducks quacked"

honk collapse: the cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this); cry like a goose; "The geese were honking"; use the horn of a car; make a loud noise; "The horns of the taxis blared"

sibilate collapse: utter a sibilant; pronounce with an initial sibilant

exclaim collapse: utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!' he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost"

vocalize collapse: utter speech sounds; pronounce as a vowel; "between two consonants, this liquid is vowelized"; sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel

drawl collapse: a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels; lengthen and slow down or draw out; "drawl one's vowels"

coo collapse: the sound made by a pigeon; cry softly, as of pigeons; speak softly or lovingly; "The mother who held her baby was cooing softly"

sob collapse: convulsive gasp made while weeping; weep convulsively; "He was sobbing inconsolably"

tweedle collapse: entice through the use of music; play negligently on a musical instrument; sing in modulation

peep collapse: appear as though from hiding; "the new moon peeped through the tree tops"; speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice; make high-pitched sounds; of birds; cause to appear; "he peeped his head through the window"; look furtively; "He peeped at the woman through the window"

trill collapse: a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it; the articulation of a consonant (especially the consonant `r') with a rapid flutter of the tongue against the palate or uvula; "he pronounced his R's with a distinct trill"; pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'; "Some speakers trill their r's"

whine collapse: complain whiningly; move with a whining sound; "The bullets were whining past us"

yell collapse: utter or declare in a very loud voice; "You don't have to yell--I can hear you just fine"

psalm collapse: any sacred song used to praise the deity; one of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament; said to have been written by David; sing or celebrate in psalms; "He psalms the works of God"

wail collapse: cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain"

screech collapse: a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the brakes"

grunt collapse: medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught; the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs; an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker; "infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts"; "he went from grunt to chairman in six years"; issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise; "He grunted his reluctant approval"

blubber collapse: an insulating layer of fat under the skin of whales and other large marine mammals; used as a source of oil; utter while crying

yawp collapse: make a raucous noise

serenade collapse: a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman; sing and play for somebody; "She was serenaded by her admirers"

yelp collapse: bark in a high-pitched tone; "the puppies yelped"

mumble collapse: a soft indistinct utterance; talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice; grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food"

growl collapse: the sound of growling (as made by animals)

hymn collapse: a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation); praise by singing a hymn; "They hymned their love of God"; sing a hymn

bawl collapse: cry loudly; "Don't bawl in public!"; shout loudly and without restraint

meliorate collapse

blat collapse

twang collapse: exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects); a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string); pronounce with a nasal twang; pluck (strings of an instrument); "He twanged his bow"; twitch or throb with pain; sound with a twang; "the bowstring was twanging"; cause to sound with a twang; "He twanged the guitar string"

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