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yodel
[ yohd-l ]
verb (used with or without object)
yodeled, yodeling, or (especially British) yodelled, yodelling.
- to sing with frequent changes from the ordinary voice to falsetto and back again, in the manner of Swiss and Tyrolean mountaineers.
- to call or shout in a similar fashion.
noun
- a song, refrain, etc., so sung.
- a call or shout so uttered.
yodel
/ ˈÂáəʊ»åÉ™±ô /
noun
- 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
verb
- to sing (a song) in which a yodel is used
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Derived Forms
- ˈ²â´Ç»å±ð±ô±ô±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²â´Çd±ð±ô·±ð°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of yodel1
First recorded in 1835–40, from southern German dialect jodeln, from jo, an exclamation
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of yodel1
C19: from German jodeln, of imitative origin
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Here, it was pure joy to watch HORA’s actors embrace their inner hobbits, dwarves, wizards, orcs and elves — including one that yodels!
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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.â€
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A rooster, or maybe two, yodeled somewhere out of sight.
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In the "official" chart, Please, Please Me was denied the top spot by yodelling crooner Frank Ifield and his song Wayward Wind.
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But even as he wallows in heartbreak, he still lets loose some yodels and splashy piano in the chorus.
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