yawner

yawn

Y0009800 (yôn)v. yawned, yawn·ing, yawns v.intr.1. To open the mouth wide with a deep inhalation, usually involuntarily from drowsiness, fatigue, or boredom.2. To open wide; gape: The chasm yawned at our feet.v.tr. To utter wearily, as while yawning: yawned his disapproval of the silly venture.n.1. The act of yawning.2. Informal One that provokes yawns; a bore: The movie was nothing more than one big yawn.

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[Middle English yanen, alteration of yonen, yenen, from Old English geonian.]

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yawn′er n.

yawn•er

(ˈyɔ nər)

n. 1. one who yawns. 2. yawn (def. 6b). [1680–90]

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Noun

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yawner - a person who yawns individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"