jody call

plural jody calls

1. alternativeAlternative form of Jody call.

   Perhaps you would like to help us pick up the pace with a jody call?

   2011, Sandra Hill, Wet & Wild

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   To march, to be in formation with one's fellows, moving together with such precision that every footstep hits the ground at precisely the same time, and listening to the sing-song of a jody call or the steady cadence of a marching band is indeed pleasurable.

   2008, Mickey Weems, The fierce tribe: masculine identity and performance in the Circuit

   Synonyms: jody cadence, Jody chant, jody

plural Jody calls

1. USslanggovernmentA cadence or cadence call, a traditional call-and-response work song sung by military personnel while running or marching.

   No matter how tired they became, once someone in the ranks began a Jody call, the whole platoon would pick it up and everyone seemed to march a little taller.

   1990, Dwight A. Beck, Army Green: A Way of Life: The Enlisted Years

   Synonyms: Jody cadence, Jody chant