Yodel

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  • intransitive verb. To sing so that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and a falsetto.
  • intransitive verb. To sing (a song) by yodeling.
  • noun. A song or cry that is yodeled.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A song or refrain in which there are frequent changes from the ordinary voice to a falsetto. Also sometimes called warble.
  • To sing with frequent changes from the ordinary voice to falsetto and back again, after the manner of the mountaineers of Switzerland and Tyrol.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A song sung by yodeling, as by the Swiss mountaineers.
  • verb. To sing in a manner common among the Swiss and Tyrolese mountaineers, by suddenly changing from the head voice, or falsetto, to the chest voice, and the contrary; to warble.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto.
  • noun. Such a song.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. sing by changing register; sing by yodeling
  • noun. a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto
  • Word Usage
    ""He can sing country, which to me is the hardest thing to pull off convincingly, and he can yodel, which is awesome," he says."
    Equivalent
    yodle  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    call  cry  outcry  shout  sing  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    bodle  intermodal  modal  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    anthem  ballad  bel canto  bravura  carol  
    variant
    verb-form