yodel

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: yo=del

CIDE DICTIONARY

yodel, v. t. & i. [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, n. 

 A song sung by yodeling, as by the Swiss mountaineers.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

yodel, v. & n.
--v.tr. & intr. (yodelled, yodelling; US yodeled, yodeling) sing with melodious inarticulate sounds and frequent changes between falsetto and the normal voice in the manner of the Swiss mountain-dwellers.
--n. a yodelling cry.

Derivative

yodeller n.

Etymology

G jodeln

THESAURUS

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