yodel
verb /ˈjəʊdl/
/ˈjəʊdl/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they yodel | /ˈjəʊdl/ /ˈjəʊdl/ |
| he / she / it yodels | /ˈjəʊdlz/ /ˈjəʊdlz/ |
| past simple yodelled | /ˈjəʊdld/ /ˈjəʊdld/ |
| past participle yodelled | /ˈjəʊdld/ /ˈjəʊdld/ |
| (US English) past simple yodeled | /ˈjəʊdld/ /ˈjəʊdld/ |
| (US English) past participle yodeled | /ˈjəʊdld/ /ˈjəʊdld/ |
| -ing form yodelling | /ˈjəʊdlɪŋ/ /ˈjəʊdlɪŋ/ |
| (US English) -ing form yodeling | /ˈjəʊdlɪŋ/ /ˈjəʊdlɪŋ/ |
- yodel (something) to sing or call in the traditional Swiss way, changing your voice frequently between its normal level and a very high level
- The best places to yodel are those with an echo.
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from German jodeln.