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yodel

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yodel or yodle (both: yō`dəl), type of wordless singing, joyous in nature, usually associated with the Swiss. It is, in fact, practiced throughout the Alps and, as an importation, in the mountains of Kentucky. It is characterized by sudden shifts from the natural singing voice to falsetto falsetto (fôlsĕt`tō) [Ital.
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yodel
an effect produced in singing by an abrupt change of register from the chest voice to falsetto, esp in popular folk songs of the Swiss Alps


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While not every college president can be expected to run a marathon, yodel, or travel to Ecuador with students, making a little time for them goes a long way.
And just because fat, middle-aged men like to get dressed up in leather hot pants and yodel their heads off in southern Germany doesn't mean I have to do it.
Anyone shopping at Third Street Promenade on Labor Day (1st) shouldn't be surprised to hear a yodel or two instead of the national anthem.
 
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