yodel
verb (used with or without object)
to sing with frequent changes from the ordinary voice to falsetto and back again, in the manner of Swiss and Tyrolean mountaineers.
yodeller
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a word derived from
yodel.
Example Sentences
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As a child, she was a champion yodeller, and sang the national anthem at the 2002 Winter Olympics - but it was her songwriting that really caught people's attention.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2024
So they could be told, for example, that the performer is either a guitarist, ventriloquist, yodeller, opera singer or carnival dancer - but they have to figure out which.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2021
The course will be led by Nadja Räss, a prize-winning Swiss yodeller with her own academy in Zurich.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2018
One of Whitman's chief models was Wilf Carter, a Nova Scotian yodeller and singer of cowboy songs who was popular throughout north America in the 30s and 40s under the sobriquet Montana Slim.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 19, 2013
"They say if a yodeller can fill a room, there's no place for demons."
From The Guardian ● Feb. 8, 2013
