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yodel or yodle , type of wordless singing, joyous in nature, usually associated with the Swiss. It is, in fact, practiced throughout the Alps and, as an importation, in the mountains of Kentucky. It is characterized by sudden shifts from the natural singing voice to falsetto .

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yodel sing with mixture of falsetto like Swiss and Tyrolese mountain-dwellers. XIX. — G. jodeln (prop.) utter the syll. jo.

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yo·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.

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