yawnverb [ I ]
uk/jɔːn/us/jɑːn/B1 to open the mouth wide and take a lot of air into the lungs and slowly send it out, usually when tired or bored:
I can't stop yawning - I must be tired.
More examples
- He yawned loudly in the middle of her speech.
- I was so tired, I couldn't help yawning.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Noises made by the body
- belch
- blow
- break
- break wind idiom
- burp
- clear
- cough
- fart
- footfall
- footstep
- grumble
- hiccup
- sneeze
- snore
- snort
- wheeze
- wind 1
yawnnoun
uk/jɔːn/us/jɑːn/[ C ] an act of yawning:
Her eyes watered as she tried to stifle (= stop) a yawn.
a yawn [ S ] informal
something or someone that is very boring:
The film was a total yawn.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Noises made by the body
- belch
- blow
- break
- break wind idiom
- burp
- clear
- cough
- fart
- footfall
- footstep
- grumble
- hiccup
- sneeze
- snore
- snort
- wheeze
- wind 1
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People who are boring and old-fashioned
Boredom, tedium and boring things