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.
- As far as her continuing her fight to win ... yawn!
- The voice of a Sebeki is a guttural, yawning grumble.
- Plz don’t say “yawn” even the word yawn makes me yawn.
- I know the MSM’s collective yawn is kind of a letdown.
- 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.
- One person's yawn is another person's chills up and down the spine.
- Mark Lieberman, the CEO of TRA, a media marketing company, notices what he calls the yawn effect.
- Canada Reads chooses a (yawn) winner … (the yawn is for Canada Reads, which is getting a little stale, no?
- You'd think that type of fiscal irresponsibility would be subject to investigative reporting, but it was greeted with a big yawn from the local media.
- But all that's just so "yawn" - and exceedingly naïve, to believe and act as if that's how presidential campaigns in general, and this one in particular, can be won.
- Yet the meeting has elicited only a collective yawn from the US and even European press despite its agenda is to replace the global dollar standard with a new financial and military defense system.
- But the word yawn is not found in Love's dictionary, and consequently the unlucky husband was forced to rise from his bed preparatory to going forth to perform deeds of valor in obedience to the commands of his mistress.