Yawn

German Meaning

gähnen

klaffen

Gähnen

English Meaning

  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.
  3. To utter wearily, while or as if while yawning: yawned his disapproval of the silly venture.
  4. The act of yawning.
  5. A fatigued or bored response.
  6. Informal One that provokes yawns; a bore: The movie was nothing more than one big yawn.