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Yawn   /jɔn/   Listen
Yawn

noun
1.
An involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom.  Synonyms: oscitance, oscitancy, yawning.  "The yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop" , "He apologized for his oscitancy"
verb
(past & past part. yawned; pres. part. yawning)
1.
Utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired.
2.
Be wide open.  Synonyms: gape, yaw.



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"Yawn" Quotes from Famous Books



... we have three days yet," said Holmes with a yawn. "That is very fortunate, as I have one or two matters of importance to look into just at present. Your Majesty will, of course, stay in London ...
— The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

... of the clock, oh! Wake my lazy head! Your shoes of red morocco, Your silk bed-gown: Rouse, rouse, speck-eyed Mary In your high bed! A yawn, a smile, sleepy-starey, Mary climbs down. "Good-morning to my brothers, Good-day to the Sun, Halloo, halloo to the lily-white sheep That up the ...
— Country Sentiment • Robert Graves

... would breathe the suppressed invocation, "Angels and ministers of grace defend us!" as the idea crept curdling over his brain and through his veins, "It is the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out ...
— The Destiny of the Soul - A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life • William Rounseville Alger

... coquettishly rendered a little French ballad. Marya Dmitrievna did not know how to express her delight; she several times tried to send for Lisa. Gedeonovsky, too, was at a loss for words, and could only nod his head, but all at once he gave an unexpected yawn, and hardly had time to cover his mouth with his! hand. This yawn did not escape Varvara Pavlovna; she at once turned her back on the piano, observing, "Assez de musique comme ca; let us talk," and she folded her arms. "Oui, assez de musique," repeated Panshin gaily, and at once he dropped into ...
— A House of Gentlefolk • Ivan Turgenev

... you while you go to your charch," said Mr. Pericles. And here Wilfrid was seized with a yawn, and rose, and asked his eldest sister if she meant to attend ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith


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