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YODEL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: yodelled    , yodelling   

 I. (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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sing by changing register; sing by yodeling

Example:

The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains

Synonyms:

descant; warble; yodel

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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))

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