yodel

 
Pronunciation: /ˈjəʊd(ə)l/

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