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yodel
('/j//oU/d/-/l )

noun (n)

  • a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto(noun.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • A song sung by yodeling, as by the Swiss mountaineers.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • sing by changing register; sing by yodeling(verb.communication)
    Example:
    The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains.
    Synonym:
    descant, warble
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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