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yodel

Pronunciation: /ˈjəʊd(ə)l/
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Definition of yodel

verb (yodels, yodelling, yodelled; US yodels, yodeling, yodeled)

[no object]
  • practise a form of singing or calling marked by rapid alternation between the normal voice and falsetto: they had learned how to drop into the lake, yodelling like Tarzan (as noun yodelling)Swiss floor shows with alpine horn-blowing and yodelling (as adjective yodelling)a yodelling song

noun

  • a song, melody, or call delivered by yodelling: he heard a yodel from below

Derivatives

yodeller

noun

Origin:

early 19th century: from German jodeln

yodel in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of yodel in the US English dictionary
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