yawn
IPA: jˈɔn
noun
- The action of yawning; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored.
- (colloquial) A particularly boring event.
- A surname.
verb
- (intransitive) To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.
- To say while yawning.
- To present a wide opening; gape.
- (obsolete) To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.
- (obsolete) To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning.
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Examples of "yawn" in Sentences
- When do people yawn
- He yawned three times in a row.
- At 10p.m., people began to yawn.
- He yawns whenever he feels tired.
- I yawned and the boy next to me followed.
- I too feel the need for a stretch and yawn.
- The voice of a Sebeki is a guttural, yawning grumble.
- Yawning may be an offshoot of the same imitative impulse.
- Certain cultures ascribe superstitions to the act of yawning.
- Pandiculation is the act of stretching and yawning simultaneously.
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