yodel

verb

Definition of yodelnext
as in to warble

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Recent Examples of yodel Entertainment includes bands like the Golden Gate Bavarian Club, dance contests, yodeling competitions and endless renditions of the chicken dance. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025 Highlights include German food ranging from bratwurst with sauerkraut to potato salad and apple strudel and a Bavarian biergarten with various beers and wines along with stein-holding and yodeling contests. — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025 That’s more than double Charlotte’s population at the time, which is nothing to yodel at. — Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2025 Unexpectedly, though quite fitting for the locale, the score includes quite a bit of yodelling, mostly for Jordan. — Christian Lewis, Variety, 22 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for yodel
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yodel
  1. warble
  2. croon
  3. hum
  4. sharp
  5. trill
  6. troll
  7. quaver
Verb
  • Playing a raging narcissist intoxicated with her own vocal calisthenics, Scherzinger gets one of the movie’s rare amusing moments, warbling in airy Mariah Carey melisma style even while weeping.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
  • With her rich rupture of a voice, Caven warbles and quavers 16 autobiographical songs in German and French, accompanied by the electronic Catalan band Molforts.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of warble
Verb
  • Jessica Chastain is no stranger to the world of country crooning.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Sinatra and Dean Martin croon softly on the speakers (until the occasional Charli xcx track sneaks in).
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of croon
Verb
  • Farmers, truckers and others who keep commerce humming in the United States have to raise their prices in order to digest higher diesel costs.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Slop spawns, and Waymo’s artificially intelligent cars hum into view like two-ton rolling Rorschach tests.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of hum
Verb
  • In the fall, the workers trade in their pruning shears for knives sharp enough to skin a deer in minutes.
    — Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Today there’s a rich universe of supplemental Pynchon material ranging from prose only an English PhD could unpack, to sharp analysis that makes the experience of reading Pynchon communal and fun.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
Definition of sharp
Verb
  • The chihuahuan raven has a somewhat different vocalization, with more of a trilling quality to its croak.
    — Blythe Copeland, Martha Stewart, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Maine coons have become popular for their playful, sociable reputation, distinctive chirps and trills and their deep roots in New England history.
    — Pat Mueller, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of trill
Verb
  • Ukrainian defense company Fire Point trolled Yandex on X in response to a statement from the tech giant’s head of fintech division, Dima Pirogov.
    — Zahra Ullah, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
  • And just two months ago, San Francisco Giants executive Buster Posey trolled radio station KNBR on-air after a behind-the-scenes employee was caught on a hot mic talking trash about him.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of troll
Verb
  • With her rich rupture of a voice, Caven warbles and quavers 16 autobiographical songs in German and French, accompanied by the electronic Catalan band Molforts.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Tiny Silver was a birdlike woman, either very young or very old, quavering.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
Definition of quaver

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