yodel Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto
  2. verb sing by changing register; sing by yodeling
    descant; warble.
    • The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains

WordNet

Yo"del, Yo"dle transitive verb & intransitive verb (Also<
  • Yodel
  • Yodle
)
Etymology
G. jodeln.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Yodeled, Yodled; present participle & verbal noun Yodeling, Yodling
Definitions
  1. 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 noun (Also<
  • Yodel
  • Yodle
)
Definitions
  1. A song sung by yodeling, as by the Swiss mountaineers.

Webster 1913