yodel

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto
verb sing by changing register; sing by yodeling

From German jodeln.

He yodelled loud, long, and frequently, finally securing a faint response from the upper air. — Penrod, Booth Tarkington
I’ll go yet.” “You could take up yodelling.” “My dear fellow, I’ll take up yodelling yet. — A farewell to arms, Ernest Hemingway
The grim possibility of ten thousand nightingales yodelling in chorus, of ten thousand skylarks, or of ten thousand cuckoos, determined my answer. — "Wee Tim'rous Beasties": Studies of Animal life and Character, Douglas English

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