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yodel |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Yodel \Yo"del\, Yodle \Yo"dle\, n. A song sung by yodeling, as by the Swiss mountaineers. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}]
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