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   yodel
         n 1: a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly
               between the normal voice and falsetto
         v 1: sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians
               were yodeling in the mountains" [syn: {yodel}, {warble},
               {descant}]

English Dictionary: yodel by the DICT Development Group
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yodel \Yo"del\, Yodle \Yo"dle\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
      {Yodeled}, {Yodled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Yodeling}, {Yodling}.]
      [G. jodeln.]
      To sing in a manner common among the Swiss and Tyrolese
      mountaineers, by suddenly changing from the head voice, or
      falsetto, to the chest voice, and the contrary; to warble.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yodel \Yo"del\, Yodle \Yo"dle\, n.
      A song sung by yodeling, as by the Swiss mountaineers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yodel \Yo"del\, Yodle \Yo"dle\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
      {Yodeled}, {Yodled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Yodeling}, {Yodling}.]
      [G. jodeln.]
      To sing in a manner common among the Swiss and Tyrolese
      mountaineers, by suddenly changing from the head voice, or
      falsetto, to the chest voice, and the contrary; to warble.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yodel \Yo"del\, Yodle \Yo"dle\, n.
      A song sung by yodeling, as by the Swiss mountaineers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Youthly \Youth"ly\, a. [AS. geogu[edh]lic.]
      Young; youthful. [Obs.] [bd]All my youthly days.[b8]
      --Spenser.
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