yodel(n = noun.communication) - a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto;
is a kind of call, cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell
Derived form verb yodel₁

   yodel(v = verb.communication) descant, warble - sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"
is one way to sing
Derived forms noun yodel₁, noun yodeling₁, noun yodeller₁
Sample sentences: The birds yodel in the woods

   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]

   A song sung by yodeling, as by the Swiss mountaineers. [1913 Webster]

yodel, v. & n.
--v.tr. & intr. (yodelled, yodelling; US yodeled, yodeling) sing with melodious inarticulate sounds and frequent changes between falsetto and the normal voice in the manner of the Swiss mountain-dwellers.
--n. a yodelling cry.

Derivative:
yodeller n.

Etymology:
G jodeln