yodle
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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She walked up to the footlights and began to yodle softly.
From Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories by Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth
“Now, Mr. Leland, sing us that German song you’re always so jolly with—lodle yodle tol de rol de rol!”
From Memoirs by Leland, Charles Godfrey
Far off she heard the yodle of the gangs of peons.
From The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)
Far and wide I heard question and answer, and a lingering yodle such as the Swiss boys make on the mountains.
From The House Under the Sea A Romance by Pemberton, Max, Sir
"Maybe it's C'nelius's yodle; he's been listening for it for a solid week."
From John March, Southerner by Cable, George W.
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