[
US
/ˈjoʊdəɫ/
]
[ UK /jˈəʊdəl/ ]
[ UK /jˈəʊdəl/ ]
NOUN
- a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto
VERB
-
sing by changing register; sing by yodeling
The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains
How To Use yodel In A Sentence
- Since people have ears, why shouldn't brands have voices?" said Martin Pazzani, CEO of EliasArts, New York,[sentence dictionary] which created the Yahoo! yodel and MTV theme.
- He was delighted to hear a cheery yodel. Times, Sunday Times
- Instead, it lilted a little there at the end like I was trying to yodel or something. Hero for Hire « A Fly in Amber
- No need to whisper: Shouting, yodeling, and most other loud sounds cannot trigger an avalanche.
- Down in the bog, the first red-winged blackbirds were yodeling, and a robin sang in the evening.
- We both dressed up in lederhosen and yodelled, it was a lot of fun. Times, Sunday Times
- They instantly produce a loud, yodelling string of cries, rather as a fluty wind instrument might make. Times, Sunday Times
- In fact, when people in Nairobi first hear American yodeler Jimmie Rodgers centuries later, they embrace the familiar sound and pen tribute songs in his honor. A Brief and Incomplete History of Yodeling | Impact Lab
- The drakes make a ghostly yodelling cry that can be heard coming across the water from far away. Times, Sunday Times
- It was carnival time, yodelling filled the air and party poppers were flecking the whiteness with multicoloured confetti. Times, Sunday Times