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.
yodelling
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present participleof yodel.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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In the "official" chart, Please, Please Me was denied the top spot by yodelling crooner Frank Ifield and his song Wayward Wind.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2022
He also incorporated unexpected elements: non-Western instruments, yodelling by the sui generis vocalist Leon Thomas.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 12, 2020
Daniels got yodelling from her grandfather, a country and western aficionado who caught the yodelling craze in the 1940s and yodelled all the way to his retirement home.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 12, 2020
For all their delight at being pitted against Switzerland, Northern Ireland fans will be aware their Swiss counterparts will also have been yodelling with delight at the draw.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2017
“My dear fellow, I’ll take up yodelling yet. I really can sing though. That’s the strange part.”
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
