yodel
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views updated May 18 2018yo·del / ˈyōdl/ • v. (-deled , -del·ing ; Brit. -delled, -del·ling) [intr.] practice a form of singing or calling marked by rapid alternation between the normal voice and falsetto.• n. a song, melody, or call delivered in such a way.DERIVATIVES: yo·del·er n.
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
yodel
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views updated May 18 2018yodel. Eng. spelling of
jodel. See
jodelling.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE
yodel
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views updated Jun 08 2018yodel sing with mixture of falsetto like Swiss and Tyrolese mountain-dwellers. XIX. — G.
jodeln (prop.) utter the syll.
jo.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD