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yodeling

yodeling is the present participle and gerund of yodel.

Meaning of yodel

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.

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Noun

yodeling (countable and uncountable, plural yodelings)

  1. The act of one who yodels.

Forms of yodeling

pluralyodelings

Phrases with yodeling

Questions about yodeling

What does yodeling mean?
Yodeling means the act of one who yodels.
What is yodeling the present participle and gerund of?
Yodeling is the present participle and gerund of yodel.
What part of speech is yodeling?
Yodeling is a noun.
What is the plural of yodeling?
The plural of yodeling is yodelings.

Words near yodeling in the dictionary

  1. yodeled
  2. yodeled in the canyon
  3. yodeled up the valley
  4. yodeler
  5. yodelers
  6. yodeling
  7. yodeling in the canyon
  8. yodeling up the valley
  9. yodelings
  10. yodelled
  11. yodelled in the canyon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yodeling (page history and authors); yodel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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