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How to pronounce “yawn”
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Pronunciation guide for yawn
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of yawn with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 4 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Strange answers to the psychopath test
I began to yawn uncontrollably around Kempton Park,
- Definition summary
- (intransitive) To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.
Example 1 of 4
How to pronounce yawn
Strange answers to the psychopath test
I began to yawn uncontrollably around Kempton Park,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “yawn”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.
- To say while yawning.
- To present a wide opening; gape.
- (obsolete) To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.
- (obsolete) To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning.
- [Noun]
- The action of yawning; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored.
- (colloquial) A particularly boring event.
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