yodeling

verb

variants or yodelling
present participle of yodel
as in warbling

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  1. crooning
  2. trilling
  3. humming
  4. quavering
  5. trolling
  6. harmonizing
Verb
  • The minute-long clip, shared on June 10, shows Langley crooning the late '90s ballad while accompanying herself on piano.
    — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 16 June 2026
  • The camera pans to Cody crooning while strumming his guitar throughout the video.
    — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
Definition of crooning
Verb
  • Rock Harbor to Daisy Farm Campground This trail almost entirely follows the coast for 7 miles, with a soundtrack of lapping waves, trilling loons, and the occasional outboard motor.
    — Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 7 June 2026
  • In a now-viral clip, Carpenter overheard someone from the crowd trilling during her set for Weekend 1 and asked if the audience member was yodeling.
    — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 11 Apr. 2026
Definition of trilling
Verb
  • Meanwhile, this column just keeps humming along day after day.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The sounds of generators humming and chain saws whirling filled the neighborhood Thursday afternoon.
    — Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of humming
Verb
  • Tiny Silver was a birdlike woman, either very young or very old, quavering.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
  • Softly so as not to drown out the quavering notes, the congregation put words to the melody.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2026
Definition of quavering
Verb
  • Indy, the duck-trolling dog star of Good Boy, received the Best Good Boy in a Horror Movie award.
    — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The seven of us who were aboard for a fishing trip started to get our deep-trolling gear ready.
    — JAMES D. OXLEY, Outdoor Life, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of trolling
Verb
  • In Schönherr’s teachings, Ebel saw a means of harmonizing the two.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • However, Saturn just went retrograde, and Jupiter will be harmonizing with Saturn by trine on August 31.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026
Definition of harmonizing
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