Yawning

Word YAWNING
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Definitions and meanings of "Yawning"

What do we mean by yawning?

Gaping open; cavernous. adjective

Gaping; oscitation; the taking of a deep inspiration, followed by a slight pause, and then a prolonged expiration, the mouth being more or less widely open. noun

Present participle of yawn. verb

The action of the verb yawn. noun

That yawns or yawn. adjective

Wide open. adjective

Showing lack of attention or boredom adjective

Gaping open as if threatening to engulf someone or something adjective

With the mouth wide open indicating boredom or sleepiness adjective

An involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom noun

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.

To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.

To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning.

Yawning a stretchy breathe. Urban Dictionary

The only time some married men ever get to open their mouth. Urban Dictionary

When you're tired, and your jaw opens and you let out a gust of mighty man wind. Sometimes it sounds like a fart, but it works...Kind of Urban Dictionary

The single most contagious thing in the known universe. Can be passed from person to person by the mystery of F-Gas. Urban Dictionary

What you do when you're tired. usually occurs in math or school in general. contagious to two people. Urban Dictionary

A common sign of lack of sleep or boredom. It erupts from your mouth, kind of like a weird moan. Very contagious. You could experience a series of yawns just by seeing, hearing, and or thinking about yawning. Urban Dictionary

A biological mechanism, commonly of mammals, used to restore oxygen to the brain when fatigued. Urban Dictionary

When stopping somebody telling you about a REALLY BORING story that you don't care about with the word YAWN. Quite a rude term, think about before using. Drag out for extra effect. Urban Dictionary

A person, place, or event that is found to be boring. Urban Dictionary

An act of sucking ghost dick. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Yawning

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The word "yawning" in example sentences

I'm disgusted at how marginalized people are, she added, referring to what she described as the yawning gap between the very rich and everyone else. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Vanya enters, yawning from a nap, the three complain about how all order has been disrupted since the professor and his wife, Yelena, arrived. ❋ Jonathan Aquino (2009)

Finally, yawning is "contagious" and has a high rate of suggestibility — so choose your company carefully. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Contagious yawning is not a strictly human habit, though. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The biological function of yawning is debatable and there are several kinds of yawns that may signal everything from fatigue to aggression. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They believe this supports the claim that contagious yawning is based on the capacity for empathy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Actually I don't think yawning is a reaction to any nerve being hit. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Since yawning is nature’s way of getting you to take a deep breath, you should look into reasons for shallow breathing. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Not only does research show that yawning is contagious, it suggests yawning weeds out the starers who are a bit less empathetic (too bad the yawning trick won’t weed out the chimps, too). ❋ Unknown (2010)

The good thing about yawning is that it’s not boring. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Some researchers hypothesize that contagious yawning is more common in people with greater empathy — the ability to recognize and share other people’s emotions — an idea that has gotten quite a bit of press lately. ❋ Unknown (2010)

That is the abyss of inanity in such feasts -- it may be literally called a yawning abyss. ❋ Unknown (1905)

Though deep, it is very narrow in places, and might almost be described as a yawning crack in the earth, filled with water to within ten feet of the top. ❋ Thomas Stevens (1894)

The one in front, expanding into a mouth kept wide open by cords stretched backwards and forwards, recalls the yawning gulf into which the victims used to fall. ❋ Jean-Henri Fabre (1869)

Certain methods, like applying a cold wash cloth to your forehead or breathing through your nose, can be effective in cooling down the brain and body and warding off excessive yawning, which is a symptom of epilepsy and multiple sclerosis, for instance. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Certain methods, such as applying a cold wash cloth to your forehead or breathing through your nose, can be effective in cooling down the brain and body and warding off excessive yawning, which is a symptom of epilepsy and multiple sclerosis, for instance. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But we didn't expect yawning, which is what results from this filler track. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The week before Christmas is always what you might call a yawning chasm, with schedulers correctly assuming that everybody will be out shopping or being sick on the train so what's the point of wasting perfectly good programmes that will do nicely on Boxing Day evening with a white sauce? ❋ Unknown (2009)

f: are you tired? s: NO IM JUST [YAWNING] BECAUSE MY MOUTH WANTS TO DO A [STRETCHY] [BREATHE] ❋ Sarahue (2019)

Married man: "Since we got married she has completed changed..she would not even let me talk anymore..besides from the times when i yawn, she keeps my mouth shut..its as if she now [wears the pants] in the relationship...nowadays I feel like [less of a man].." [Dr. Phil]: "LOL!" ❋ ZCMC (2009)

[Oh jee] willikers, I sure am tired...YAAAAWWWWNNing right now. The person would then open their jaw, yawns, and [unleash] [fury] ❋ Lettuceleaf (2011)

Me: [Darn you]!! Stop [yawning]!!! Ac: I can't help it!! *Yawn* I'm tired!! I got [potatoed] to death last night!! ❋ KittyGirl (2004)

*yawn* ❋ Sleepisbetter (2003)

I have yawned 4.. no 5 times just while [typing] [this definition]. FACT: You have or will [yawn] while reading this. ❋ Lolicakes (2011)

If [none of us] yawned we would either pass out or become [mentally debilitated], so [yawning] during a boring conversation is not that rude after all. ❋ Limbo (2006)

E.G Ellie: "So [Keiran] was like i wanna play World of Warcraft, and i was like so annoyed..." Chris: "YAWN!" E.G 2. Ellie: "[Urm], and then Keiran was like, [i want chicken], which was really annoying because i wanted prawns..." Marge and Jacob: "YAAAAAAAAWWWNNNNNN" ❋ Marge, Chris And Jacob (2010)

This [opera] is [such a] yawn... ❋ Aerienne (2005)

Me:*yawn* Friend: [We don't] suck [ghost dick] [around here]! ❋ Yawnnnnnnnn (2015)

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