yodel
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views updated May 18 2018yo·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.
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
yodel
oxford
views updated May 18 2018yodel. Eng. spelling of
jodel. See
jodelling.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE
yodel
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views updated Jun 08 2018yodel sing with mixture of falsetto like Swiss and Tyrolese mountain-dwellers. XIX. — G.
jodeln (prop.) utter the syll.
jo.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
