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Definition of yodel in English: yodelverbyodelled, yodelling, yodeling, yodeled, yodels ˈjəʊd(ə)lˈjoʊdl [no object]Practise a form of singing or calling marked by rapid alternation between the normal voice and falsetto. they had learned how to drop into the lake, yodelling like Tarzan Swiss floor shows with alpine horn-blowing and yodelling Example sentencesExamples - For her encore, after performing about six songs, she yodeled for a minute and left.
- Remembering the advice of a friend whose cabin had been situated in a cow field, I attempted his never-fail cow-luring technique: I yodeled.
- There's even a hidden track of some girl yodelling.
- No Eurovision would be complete without yodelling.
- Shoot a full frame of the Swiss Alps, or zoom in on your friend yodeling.
- He yodelled manfully.
Synonyms be sick, spew, spew up, fetch up
nounPlural yodels ˈjəʊd(ə)lˈjoʊdl A song, melody, or call delivered by yodelling. he heard a yodel from below Example sentencesExamples - It's a good combination, he says - not many bands can scream their guts out and then yodel.
- I can't hear her curdling yodel.
- With his fingerpicking and his yodel, Sexton takes us to his roots, to the buried sound of another place.
- And when the moment is right, he unleashes his mad falsetto rebel yell, or West Texas yodel.
Derivatives noun Revel in the fact that she is a damn fine yodeler. Example sentencesExamples - Happily, we encountered not one yodeller, nor a single soul wearing lederhosen.
- The high plains yodeler helped the company warble the world mass yodelling record into submission.
- He was also a fine singer, a yodeller of great repute.
- She is a splendid whistler, yodeller and vocal banjo.
Origin Early 19th century: from German jodeln. Definition of yodel in US English: yodelverbˈyōdlˈjoʊdl [no object]Practice a form of singing or calling marked by rapid alternation between the normal voice and falsetto. Example sentencesExamples - For her encore, after performing about six songs, she yodeled for a minute and left.
- Shoot a full frame of the Swiss Alps, or zoom in on your friend yodeling.
- Remembering the advice of a friend whose cabin had been situated in a cow field, I attempted his never-fail cow-luring technique: I yodeled.
- No Eurovision would be complete without yodelling.
- He yodelled manfully.
- There's even a hidden track of some girl yodelling.
Synonyms be sick, spew, spew up, fetch up
nounˈyōdlˈjoʊdl A song, melody, or call delivered by yodeling. he heard a yodel from below Example sentencesExamples - It's a good combination, he says - not many bands can scream their guts out and then yodel.
- I can't hear her curdling yodel.
- And when the moment is right, he unleashes his mad falsetto rebel yell, or West Texas yodel.
- With his fingerpicking and his yodel, Sexton takes us to his roots, to the buried sound of another place.
Origin Early 19th century: from German jodeln. |