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Synonyms for yodel


Grammar : Verb
Spell : yohd-l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈyoʊd l



Définition of yodel

Origin :
  • 1827, from German jodeln, from dialectal German jo, an exclamation of joy, of imitative origin.
  • verb sing
Example sentences :
  • Graham promptly answered: "Yes, silly—she'll wear goatskin—and she'll yodel."
  • Extract from : « Highacres » by Jane Abbott
  • I explored the vicinity of the cave, and risked a yodel or two, but there was no response.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts Book of Stories » by Various
  • But he did not yodel in the yard or whistle under the window.
  • Extract from : « Sube Cane » by Edward Bellamy Partridge
  • It immediately became a case of he who laughs first, lives to yodel.
  • Extract from : « "And they thought we wouldn't fight" » by Floyd Gibbons
  • The case of Yodel, the auctioneer, was even more inscrutable.
  • Extract from : « Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town » by Stephen Leacock
  • His voice broke badly in the yodel and he was jeered by a rude audience.
  • Extract from : « Visionaries » by James Huneker
  • We understand that the yodel waistcoat will also be heard this spring.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, March 17, 1920 » by Various
  • Suddenly the mountaineers loosed their hold upon him, and waving their caps began to yodel in a transport of joy.
  • Extract from : « Tartarin On The Alps » by Alphonse Daudet
  • His business was to appear at unexpected moments and in unsuspected parts of the gardens, to yodel.
  • Extract from : « Cremorne and the Later London Gardens » by Warwick Wroth
  • Just then a melodious Swiss yodel broke the stillness of the early morning and Billie laughed.
  • Extract from : « The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp » by Katherine Stokes

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