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Definition of yawn noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

yawn

noun

NAmE//yɔn//

1an act of yawning She stifled another yawn and tried hard to look interested.

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2[usually singular] (informal) a boring event, idea, etc. The meeting was one big yawn from start to finish.

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