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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto;


VERB (1)

1. sing by changing register; sing by yodeling;
- Example: "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"
[syn: yodel, warble, descant]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster] Yodel


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Yodel \Yo"del\, Yodle \Yo"dle\, n.
   A song sung by yodeling, as by the Swiss mountaineers.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

yodel
    n 1: a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly
         between the normal voice and falsetto
    v 1: sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians
         were yodeling in the mountains" [syn: yodel, warble,
         descant]