A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music
To play this instrument.
Used instead of five in radio communications to avoid confusion with fire.
The sound of one who warbles; singing with trills or modulations.
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.
A small hard swelling on a horse's back, caused by the galling of the saddle.
A lesion under the skin of cattle, caused by the larva of a bot fly of genus Hypoderma.
To cause to quaver or vibrate.
To modulate a tone's frequency.
To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.
To sing like a bird, especially with trills.