yodel
verb
[ ˈjəʊd(ə)l ]
• practise a form of singing or calling marked by rapid alternation between the normal voice and falsetto.
• "they had learned how to drop into the lake, yodelling like Tarzan"
yodel
noun
• a song, melody, or call delivered by yodelling.
• "he heard a yodel from below"
Origin:
early 19th century: from German jodeln .
