Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
yankee-doodle is a noun meaning "an American (especially to non-Americans)". It carries one recorded sense.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for yankee-doodle come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.