noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An act of yodelling.
2. 2
   a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto wordnet
3. 3
   A song incorporating yodelling.

Verb

1. 1
   To sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto. intransitive, transitive
2. 2
   sing by changing register; sing by yodeling wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

anthemballadbel cantobravuracarolchant

Example

More examples

"Is it tacky that I know how to yodel?"

Etymology

From German jodeln.

Related phrases

Tarzan yodelyodel in the canyonyodel up the valley

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.