From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishyodelyo·del1 /ˈjəʊdl $ ˈjoʊdl/ verb (yodelled, yodelling British English, yodeled, yodeling American English) [intransitive, transitive]APM to sing while changing between your natural voice and a very high voice, traditionally done in the mountains of countries such as Switzerland and Austria —yodeller noun [countable]→ See Verb table
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yodel• The brothers kept right on yodelling.yodelyodel2 noun [countable] APMa song or sound made by yodellingExamples from the Corpus
yodel• Suddenly through the howling gale he heard a yodel from below.• It was almost like a yodel.Origin yodel (1800-1900) German jodeln 