YODEL


Meaning of YODEL in English

v. & n.

--v.tr. & intr. (yodelled, yodelling; US yodeled, yodeling) sing with melodious inarticulate sounds and frequent changes between falsetto and the normal voice in the manner of the Swiss mountain-dwellers.

--n. a yodelling cry.

Derivatives:

yodeller n.

Etymology: G jodeln

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.