yodel

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The favorite dog of ancient Egyptians, this breed is incapable of barking, instead uttering a sound called a yodel, which makes them perfect for those living in an apartment with thin walls or touchy neighbors.

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  1. intransitive verb To sing so that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and a falsetto.
  2. transitive verb To sing (a song) by yodeling.
  3. noun A song or cry that is yodeled.

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  • The favorite dog of ancient Egyptians, this breed is incapable of barking, instead uttering a sound called a yodel, which makes them perfect for those living in an apartment with thin walls or touchy neighbors. —  HowStuffWorks Daily Feed
  • It is fitting, both musically and spiritually, that Wayne ends "Working At Working" with a blue yodel, ala the Great Depression's 'Singing Brakeman' Jimmy Rodgers. —  CounterPunch
  • Nothing lifts the spirits like a good yodel, but most of us don't have the skill to yodel on cue. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets
  • In fact, no-one else plays the piano quite so clunkily, and although the Diamonds yodel merrily through the first song, and caterwaul weirdly through the second, these seem like a pointless diversion, endearing only for the explanation afterwards that they were scared to sing F_ Off in church, except Rachel, who Ane calls a "Welsh [lady of easy virtue]." —  Drowned In Sound // Feed
  • He indulges a slight yodel on "Moral Kiosk" and ends "We Walk" with a strange hiccup. —  Murmurs.com
 

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  1. German jodeln, from German dialectal jo, exclamation of delight, of imitative origin.
 

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/ˈyoʊdl/
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