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yodel

[ yohd-l ]

verb (used with or without object)

, yo·deled, yo·del·ing, or (especially British) yo·delled, yo·del·ling.
  1. to sing with frequent changes from the ordinary voice to falsetto and back again, in the manner of Swiss and Tyrolean mountaineers.
  2. to call or shout in a similar fashion.


noun

  1. a song, refrain, etc., so sung.
  2. a call or shout so uttered.

yodel

/ ˈjəʊdəl /

noun

  1. an effect produced in singing by an abrupt change of register from the chest voice to falsetto, esp in popular folk songs of the Swiss Alps
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to sing (a song) in which a yodel is used
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈyodeller, noun
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Other Words From

  • yodel·er noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of yodel1

First recorded in 1835–40, from southern German dialect jodeln, from jo, an exclamation
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Word History and Origins

Origin of yodel1

C19: from German jodeln, of imitative origin
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Example Sentences

Here, it was pure joy to watch HORA’s actors embrace their inner hobbits, dwarves, wizards, orcs and elves — including one that yodels!

Burnett and her Tarzan yodel returned to series TV for the first time in decades with the recent arrival of Netflix’s “A Little Help With Carol Burnett.”

A rooster, or maybe two, yodeled somewhere out of sight.

In the "official" chart, Please, Please Me was denied the top spot by yodelling crooner Frank Ifield and his song Wayward Wind.

From BBC

But even as he wallows in heartbreak, he still lets loose some yodels and splashy piano in the chorus.

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