YODEL (yodelled, yodelling)

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Irregular inflected forms: yodelled    , yodelling   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does yodel mean? 

• YODEL (noun)
  The noun YODEL has 1 sense:

1. a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto

  Familiarity information: YODEL used as a noun is very rare.

• YODEL (verb)
  The verb YODEL has 1 sense:

1. sing by changing register; sing by yodeling

  Familiarity information: YODEL used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YODEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("yodel" is a kind of...):

call; cry; outcry; shout; vociferation; yell (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition)

Derivation:

yodel (sing by changing register; sing by yodeling)

• YODEL (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they yodel    ... he / she / it yodels   
Past simple: yodeled    / yodelled   
Past participle: yodeled    / yodelled   
-ing form: yodeling    / yodelling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sing by changing register; sing by yodeling

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

descant; warble; yodel

Context example:

The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains

Hypernyms (to "yodel" is one way to...):

sing (produce tones with the voice)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

The birds yodel in the woods

Derivation:

yodel (a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto)

yodeling (singing by changing back and forth between the chest voice and a falsetto)

yodeller (a singer who changes register rapidly (popular is Swiss folk songs))