Definition of yawn
- his grandchildren yawned him to bed
- —L. L. King
Students were yawning in class.
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I tried to stifle a yawn.
as neither candidate was willing to make an unequivocal statement about anything, the debate proved to be a complete yawn
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: to open your mouth wide while taking in breath usually because you are tired or bored
of an opening, hole, etc. : to be deep, large, etc.
: an act of opening your mouth wide while taking in breath : an act of yawning
: something that is very boring
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