[yohd-l] 
verb, -deled, -del⋅ing, or (especially British
) -delled, -del⋅ling, noun | 1. | to sing with frequent changes from the ordinary voice to falsetto and back again, in the manner of Swiss and Tyrolean mountaineers. |
| 2. | to call or shout in a similar fashion. |
| 3. | a song, refrain, etc., so sung. |
| 4. | a call or shout so uttered. |
| yo·del (yōd'l) v. yo·deled or yo·delled, yo·del·ing or yo·del·ling, yo·dels v. intr. To sing so that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and a falsetto. v. tr. To sing (a song) by yodeling. n. A song or cry that is yodeled. [German jodeln, from German dialectal jo, exclamation of delight, of imitative origin.] yo'del·er n. |
