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yodel

UK/ˈjəʊ.dəl//ˈjoʊ.dəl/

yodel verb: to sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto.

Verb

yodel (third-person singular simple present yodels, present participle (US) yodeling or (UK) yodelling, simple past and past participle (US) yodeled or (UK) yodelled)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto.

Noun

yodel (plural yodels)

  1. An act of yodelling.
  2. A song incorporating yodelling.

yodel meaning in Arabic and Vietnamese

yodel in Arabic

song
يودلية

yodel in Vietnamese

song
hát yodel

Examples of yodel in a sentence

  • The sentence "In every ode linger many" can be resegmented to read "I never yodel in Germany".
  • It will have me yodeling for many spank sessions to come.
  • In Country music prominent stylisms also employed include yodeling, crying, and “riding” an “r.”

All 10 example sentences with yodel

Forms of yodel

Verb
third-person singular presentyodels
present participle USyodeling
present participle UKyodelling
past participle USyodeled
past USyodeled
past participle UKyodelled
past UKyodelled
Noun
pluralyodels

Past tense of yodel: yodeled or yodelled

Origin of yodel

Borrowed from German jodeln.

Words formed from yodel

Words that rhyme with yodel

Questions about yodel

What does yodel mean?
Yodel means to sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto.
What is yodel in Arabic?
Yodel in Arabic is يودلية. See Yodel meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is yodel?
Yodel can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce yodel?
Yodel is pronounced /ˈjəʊ.dəl/ (UK).
What is the past tense of yodel?
The past tense of yodel is yodeled.

Words near yodel in the dictionary

  1. yodaish
  2. Yodalike
  3. Yodaspeak
  4. Yodaya
  5. yode
  6. yodel
  7. yodel in the canyon
  8. yodel up the valley
  9. yodelayheehoo
  10. yodeled
  11. yodeled in the canyon

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