Yodeling

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


     [1913 Webster] Yodel

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  yodeling
       n : singing by changing back and forth between the chest voice
           and a falsetto