Yawn
verb
To open your mouth wide and take a deep breath usually because you are tired or bored.
I had to yawn after studying for long hours.
Often appears as...
- yawn uncontrollably
- yawn widely
noun
The act of yawning.
She let out a big yawn in the middle of the lecture.
Often appears as...
- stifle a yawn
- big yawn
verb
To be open wide like a person's mouth when yawning.
The gaping hole yawned before us.
Often appears as...
- cave yawns
- gorge yawns
verb
To cause to feel boredom or fatigue.
The long lecture yawned us.
verb
To open your mouth wide and take a deep breath usually because you are tired or bored.
I had to yawn after studying for long hours.
Often appears as...
- yawn uncontrollably
- yawn widely
noun
The act of yawning.
She let out a big yawn in the middle of the lecture.
Often appears as...
- stifle a yawn
- big yawn
verb
To be open wide like a person's mouth when yawning.
The gaping hole yawned before us.
Often appears as...
- cave yawns
- gorge yawns
verb
To cause to feel boredom or fatigue.
The long lecture yawned us.
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Pro Tip 1/2Contagious Action
Seeing or hearing someone yawn often makes others feel like yawning too.
As soon as he yawned, the whole room started to yawn one after another.
Pro Tip 2/2Politeness
It's considered impolite to yawn openly in some cultures, especially without covering your mouth.
When I yawned without covering my mouth, my mother reminded me of my manners.
Pro Tip 1/2Contagious Action
Seeing or hearing someone yawn often makes others feel like yawning too.
As soon as he yawned, the whole room started to yawn one after another.
Pro Tip 2/2Politeness
It's considered impolite to yawn openly in some cultures, especially without covering your mouth.
When I yawned without covering my mouth, my mother reminded me of my manners.
Pro Tip 1/2Contagious Action
Seeing or hearing someone yawn often makes others feel like yawning too.
As soon as he yawned, the whole room started to yawn one after another.
Pro Tip 2/2Politeness
It's considered impolite to yawn openly in some cultures, especially without covering your mouth.
When I yawned without covering my mouth, my mother reminded me of my manners.
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Top 5 Most Dangerous...
pretty crime evil holy hippos and crocodiles normally coexist peacefully the Crocs will take every opportunity to prey on a weak animal or scavenge a dead one we've seen one or two of these hippos doing these big yawning displays which is really a threat to the crocodiles they're trying to drive the
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Top 5 Killer Crocodile...
hippos and crocodiles normally coexist peacefully but crocs will take every opportunity to prey on a weak animal or scavenge a dead one we've seen one or two of these hippos doing these big yawning displays which is really a threat to the crocodiles they're trying to drive the crocodiles
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Why is yawning...
Think of fixed action pattern like a reflex. Your yawn makes me yawn. Similar to a domino effect, one person's yawn triggers a yawn in a person nearby that has observed the act. Once this reflex is triggered, it must run its course. Have you ever tried to stop a yawn once it has begun?
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The mood-boosting power...
not our everyday, like, yawning tears, but our emotional tears -- there's high concentrations of stress hormones and leucine enkephalins, which, easier on my tongue, is endorphins. And while our stress hormones are helping our bodies out, our endorphins, those feel-good chemicals,
Video examples
Greatest Fights In The...
pretty primeval hippos and crocodiles normally coexist peacefully but crocs will take every opportunity to prey on a weak animal or scavenge a dead one we've seen one or two of these hippos doing these big yawning displays which is really a threat to the crocodiles
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Things You Probably...
bonobos they know yawning so it seems that bonobos have even a level of emotional engagement or even empathy towards strangers that we don't see in other species here is a species that could teach us more about how to be humane then probably anything else in
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Hippo Fights Crocodiles...
Hippos and crocodiles normally coexist peacefully, but crocs will take every opportunity to prey on a weak animal or scavenge a dead one. We've seen one or two of these hippos doing these big yawning displays, which is a threat to the crocodiles.
Video examples
Calming an Overly...
So now we have two calm surrender. Can you see it? Mm-hmm. So that's why it's so important to assess and evaluate how they feel, not what they did, what they're doing right now. Right. Yawning is good. A yawn equals relaxation.
Video examples
A librarian's case...
impassive, sluggish, lethargic, placid, calm, mellow, laid-back and, well, slothful! I am relaxed and tranquil, and I like to live in peace. But I am not lazy.' Then the sloth yawned and said, 'That's just how I am.
Video examples
The history of human...
some troubadours didn't see yawning as caused by tiredness or boredom like we do today, but thought it a symbol of the deepest love? Or that in that same period, brave men -- knights --
Video examples
Top 5 Most Dangerous...
pretty crime evil holy hippos and crocodiles normally coexist peacefully the Crocs will take every opportunity to prey on a weak animal or scavenge a dead one we've seen one or two of these hippos doing these big yawning displays which is really a threat to the crocodiles they're trying to drive the
Video examples
Top 5 Killer Crocodile...
hippos and crocodiles normally coexist peacefully but crocs will take every opportunity to prey on a weak animal or scavenge a dead one we've seen one or two of these hippos doing these big yawning displays which is really a threat to the crocodiles they're trying to drive the crocodiles
Video examples
Why is yawning...
Think of fixed action pattern like a reflex. Your yawn makes me yawn. Similar to a domino effect, one person's yawn triggers a yawn in a person nearby that has observed the act. Once this reflex is triggered, it must run its course. Have you ever tried to stop a yawn once it has begun?
Video examples
The mood-boosting power...
not our everyday, like, yawning tears, but our emotional tears -- there's high concentrations of stress hormones and leucine enkephalins, which, easier on my tongue, is endorphins. And while our stress hormones are helping our bodies out, our endorphins, those feel-good chemicals,
Video examples
Greatest Fights In The...
pretty primeval hippos and crocodiles normally coexist peacefully but crocs will take every opportunity to prey on a weak animal or scavenge a dead one we've seen one or two of these hippos doing these big yawning displays which is really a threat to the crocodiles
Video examples
Things You Probably...
bonobos they know yawning so it seems that bonobos have even a level of emotional engagement or even empathy towards strangers that we don't see in other species here is a species that could teach us more about how to be humane then probably anything else in
Video examples
Hippo Fights Crocodiles...
Hippos and crocodiles normally coexist peacefully, but crocs will take every opportunity to prey on a weak animal or scavenge a dead one. We've seen one or two of these hippos doing these big yawning displays, which is a threat to the crocodiles.
Video examples
Calming an Overly...
So now we have two calm surrender. Can you see it? Mm-hmm. So that's why it's so important to assess and evaluate how they feel, not what they did, what they're doing right now. Right. Yawning is good. A yawn equals relaxation.
Video examples
A librarian's case...
impassive, sluggish, lethargic, placid, calm, mellow, laid-back and, well, slothful! I am relaxed and tranquil, and I like to live in peace. But I am not lazy.' Then the sloth yawned and said, 'That's just how I am.
Video examples
The history of human...
some troubadours didn't see yawning as caused by tiredness or boredom like we do today, but thought it a symbol of the deepest love? Or that in that same period, brave men -- knights --
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Quote examples
Brad Feld
American Businessman
I have several close friends who are insomniacs. Over the years, I've heard their stories about being up in the middle of the night, completely awake. I see them yawn at 11 A.M. and know that, regardless of what they are doing, they'd probably rather be in bed sleeping. I've always had sympathy for them, but I've never really understood it.
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Carl Sagan
American Scientist
There is a wide, yawning black infinity. In every direction, the extension is endless; the sensation of depth is overwhelming. And the darkness is immortal. Where light exists, it is pure, blazing, fierce; but light exists almost nowhere, and the blackness itself is also pure and blazing and fierce.
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John McLaughlin
English Musician
You can have the greatest player in terms of mastering an instrument and you could be yawning your head off when you hear them. So, it's not what you do, but the way you're doing it and in the end that's all that we have.
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Athol Fugard
South African Playwright
For you in the West to hear the phrase 'All men are created equal' is to draw a yawn. For us, it's a miracle. We're starting out at rock bottom, man. But South Africa does have soul.
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Sayani Gupta
Indian Actress
One of the most difficult things I find as an actor is to laugh on cue. It is way harder than crying or other emotions. It's sometimes harder than yawning on cue.
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Jim Rash
American Actor
When you get onstage, you can see everyone in the audience's face, down to the detail. You can see who may or may not be yawning.
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Bette Midler
American Actress
Cherish forever what makes you unique, 'cuz you're really a yawn if it goes.
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Stendhal
French Writer
Life is too short, and the time we waste in yawning never can be regained.
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Herbert Beerbohm Tree
English Actor
He is an old bore. Even the grave yawns for him.
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
English Writer
A yawn is a silent shout.
Quote examples
Brad Feld
American Businessman
I have several close friends who are insomniacs. Over the years, I've heard their stories about being up in the middle of the night, completely awake. I see them yawn at 11 A.M. and know that, regardless of what they are doing, they'd probably rather be in bed sleeping. I've always had sympathy for them, but I've never really understood it.
Quote examples
Carl Sagan
American Scientist
There is a wide, yawning black infinity. In every direction, the extension is endless; the sensation of depth is overwhelming. And the darkness is immortal. Where light exists, it is pure, blazing, fierce; but light exists almost nowhere, and the blackness itself is also pure and blazing and fierce.
Quote examples
John McLaughlin
English Musician
You can have the greatest player in terms of mastering an instrument and you could be yawning your head off when you hear them. So, it's not what you do, but the way you're doing it and in the end that's all that we have.
Quote examples
Athol Fugard
South African Playwright
For you in the West to hear the phrase 'All men are created equal' is to draw a yawn. For us, it's a miracle. We're starting out at rock bottom, man. But South Africa does have soul.
Quote examples
Sayani Gupta
Indian Actress
One of the most difficult things I find as an actor is to laugh on cue. It is way harder than crying or other emotions. It's sometimes harder than yawning on cue.
Quote examples
Jim Rash
American Actor
When you get onstage, you can see everyone in the audience's face, down to the detail. You can see who may or may not be yawning.
Quote examples
Bette Midler
American Actress
Cherish forever what makes you unique, 'cuz you're really a yawn if it goes.
Quote examples
Stendhal
French Writer
Life is too short, and the time we waste in yawning never can be regained.
Quote examples
Herbert Beerbohm Tree
English Actor
He is an old bore. Even the grave yawns for him.
Quote examples
Gilbert K. Chesterton
English Writer
A yawn is a silent shout.
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