Yodel \Yo"del\, Yodle \Yo"dle\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
Yodeled, Yodled; p. pr. & vb. n. Yodeling, Yodling.]
[G. jodeln.]
To sing in a manner common among the Swiss and Tyrolese
mountaineers, by suddenly changing from the head voice, or
falsetto, to the chest voice, and the contrary; to warble.
[1913 Webster] Yodel
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Yodel \Yo"del\, Yodle \Yo"dle\, n.
A song sung by yodeling, as by the Swiss mountaineers.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
yodel
n : a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between
the normal voice and falsetto
v : sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians
were yodeling in the mountains" [syn: warble, descant]
[also: yodelling, yodelled]
WordNet (r) 2.0
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "yodel":
anthem, ballad, bel canto, bravura, carol, chant, chirp, chirrup,
choir, choral singing, chorus, coloratura, croon, crooning,
descant, do-re-mi, folk singing, hum, humming, hymn, intonate,
intonation, intone, lilt, lyricism, minstrel, operatic singing,
pipe, psalm, quaver, roulade, scat, scat singing, serenade, shake,
sing, sing in chorus, singing, sol-fa, sol-fa exercise, solfeggio,
solmizate, solmization, song, tonic sol-fa, tremolo, trill, troll,
tweedle, tweedledee, twit, twitter, vocal music, vocalization,
vocalize, warble, warbling, whistle, yodeling
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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