Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To sing so that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and a falsetto.
- intransitive verb To sing (a song) by yodeling.
- noun A song or cry that is yodeled.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A song or refrain in which there are frequent changes from the ordinary voice to a falsetto. Also sometimes called
warble . - To sing with frequent changes from the ordinary voice to falsetto and back again, after the manner of the mountaineers of Switzerland and Tyrol.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A song sung by yodeling, as by the Swiss mountaineers.
- verb 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 Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive and intransitive To
sing (asong ) in such a way that thevoice fluctuates rapidly between the normalchest voice andfalsetto . - noun Such a song.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb sing by changing register; sing by yodeling
- noun a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word yodel.
Examples
-
"He can sing country, which to me is the hardest thing to pull off convincingly, and he can yodel, which is awesome," he says.
Chicago Reader 2010
-
The favorite dog of ancient Egyptians, this breed is incapable of barking, instead uttering a sound called a yodel, which makes them perfect for those living in an apartment with thin walls or touchy neighbors.
-
There is a curious sound Labour MPs make when Tony Blair is on form, a kind of yodel which resonates around the chamber.
-
There is a curious sound Labour MPs make when Tony Blair is on form, a kind of yodel which resonates around the chamber.
-
There is a curious sound Labour MPs make when Tony Blair is on form, a kind of yodel which resonates around the chamber.
-
Bianca packs up her things as a bizarre, auto-tuned “Top Model” yodel song plays.
'America's Next Top Model' recap: The not-amazing race | EW.com 2009
-
Busted a many Jacks, yodel dogs, mule & whitetail deer and caribou out to 700 yards with no problem.
-
Busted a many Jacks, yodel dogs, mule & whitetail deer and caribou out to 700 yards with no problem.
-
I love to use my M1 Garand and M1A on occasions for deer and yodel dog not because of the ability of quick shots but the nostalgia of it.
what is better for hunting deer a bolt or a semi atoumatic 2009
-
I love to use my M1 Garand and M1A on occasions for deer and yodel dog not because of the ability of quick shots but the nostalgia of it.
what is better for hunting deer a bolt or a semi atoumatic 2009
yarb commented on the word yodel
They hugged and kissed, wept, laughed, sang, yodeled, then raced around like a bunch of maniacs.
- William Steig, The Toy Brother
September 15, 2008