YODELLING

YODEL

yodel, warble, descant

(verb) sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; “The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

yodelling

(British) present participle of yodel

Noun

yodelling (countable and uncountable, plural yodellings)

Alternative form of yodeling

Source: Wiktionary


YODEL

Yo"del, Yo"dle, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Yodeled, Yodled; p. pr. & vb. n. Yodeling, Yodling.] Etym: [G. jodeln.]

Definition: 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.

Yo"del, Yo"dle, n.

Definition: A song sung by yodeling, as by the Swiss mountaineers.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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