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
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
In this 'The Ice Maiden' excels; Swiss life is depicted as though we were listening to yodle songs on the mountains, and felt the superstitions of the icy winter nights taking hold of our souls.
From Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
Come And yodle to the Court at Baden.
From L'Aiglon by Rostand, Edmond
"Some more champagne, madame, for the three musketeers," sang Randolph in a sort of operatic yodle.
From One Man's Initiation—1917 by Dos Passos, John
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