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YODLED
Verb
yodled
simple past tense and past participle of yodle
Source: Wiktionary
YODLE
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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