Defn: 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.
YODEL; YODLE
Yo"del, Yo"dle, n.
Defn: A song sung by yodeling, as by the Swiss mountaineers.
YODLER
Yo"dler, n.
Defn: One who yodels.
YOGA
Yo"ga, n. Etym: [Skr. yoga union.]
Defn: A species of asceticism among the Hindoos, which consists in a complete abstraction from all worldly objects, by which the votary expects to obtain union with the universal spirit, and to acquire superhuman faculties.
YOGI
Yo"gi, n. Etym: [Skr. yogin.]
Defn: A follower of the yoga philosophy; an ascetic. [Spelt also yokin.] Whitworth.
YOGISM
Yo"gism, n.