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    [Verb]  | "yawn" | \ ˈyȯn \


    1: to open wide : gape

    2: to open the mouth wide and take a deep breath usually as an involuntary reaction to fatigue or boredom

    3: to utter with a yawn


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English yenen, yanen, from Old English ginian; akin to Old High German ginēn to yawn, Latin hiare, Greek chainein;

    [Noun]  | "yawn" 


    1: gap, cavity

    2: an opening of the mouth wide while taking a deep breath often as an involuntary reaction to fatigue or boredom; also : a reaction resembling a yawn

    3: bore


    Origin: 1602 ;

    [Verb]  | "yawn" 


    1: as in gasp, breathe;




    [Noun]  | "yawn" 


    1: someone or something boring;


      * e.g., " ... as neither candidate was willing to make an unequivocal statement about anything, the debate proved to be a complete yawn "



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     [ "yawn" ]

    1: The only time some married men ever get to open their mouth.

      * e.g.,  ... 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.." 

     [ "yawn" ]

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

      * e.g.,  ... Me: Darn you!! Stop yawning!!! 

     [ "yawn" ]

    1: what you do when you're tired. usually occurs in math or school in general. contagious to two people.

      * e.g.,  ... *yawn* 

     [ "yawn" ]

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

      * e.g.,  ... 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. 

     [ "yawn" ]

    1: A person, place, or event that is found to be boring.

      * e.g.,  ... This opera is such a yawn... 

     [ "yawn" ]

    1: An act of sucking ghost dick.

      * e.g.,  ... Me:*yawn* 

     [ "yawn" ]

    1: Something someone does when they need a big breath of air, or more air in their lungs. Usually it occurs when kids are bored at school.

      * e.g.,  ... *yawn* This teacher is so boring, all he talks about is his problems with his wife....geez, do we really need to know this to succeed in life? *yawwwwn* =( 

     [ "yawn" ]

    1: The sound I make while watching Family Guy.

      * e.g.,  ... Family Guy was on and I emitted a yawn. 

     [ "yawn" ]

    1: getting bored by a noobs lil coments

      * e.g.,  ... ddw: i only get pwned coz your clan is a fucken cheaters clan 

     [ "yawn" ]

    1: That thing that your brain is now telling your body to do.

      * e.g.,  ... After reading so much about yawning, urbandictionary.com readers all dropped into a contagious yawning spell. 

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