Oscitation vs. Yawn

Oscitationnoun

The act of yawning or gaping. Also figuratively.

Oscitationnoun

(obsolete) The condition of being listless, drowsy, negligent, or inattentive; an occurrence of such negligence or inattention.

Oscitationnoun

The act of yawning or gaping.

Yawnverb

To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.

Yawnverb

To say while yawning.

Yawnverb

To present a wide opening.

Yawnverb

(obsolete) To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.

Yawnverb

(obsolete) To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning.

Yawnnoun

The action of yawning; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored.

Yawnnoun

(colloquial) A particularly boring event.

Yawnverb

To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate.

Yawnverb

To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit of anything.

Yawnverb

To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.

Yawnverb

To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings.

Yawnnoun

An involuntary act, excited by drowsiness, etc., consisting of a deep and long inspiration following several successive attempts at inspiration, the mouth, fauces, etc., being wide open.

Yawnnoun

The act of opening wide, or of gaping.

Yawnnoun

A chasm, mouth, or passageway.

Yawnnoun

an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom;

Yawnverb

utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired;

Yawnverb

be wide open;

Yawn

A yawn is a reflex consisting of the simultaneous inhalation of air and the stretching of the eardrums, followed by an exhalation of breath. Yawning (oscitation) most often occurs in adults immediately before and after sleep, during tedious activities and as a result of its contagious quality.