yawner

[ yaw-ner ]

noun

1. a person who yawns.
2. yawn ( def 8 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of yawner¹

First recorded in 1680–90; yawn + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Typically, precinct meetings were “a yawner,” according to Mike Connett, a longtime party member in Horry County, best known for its popular beach towns.

From ProPublica

Lions that caught a yawn from another lion were 11 times as likely to mirror the movements of the original yawner than those that hadn’t.

From Science News

What should have been a passionate clash about unemployment and economic growth turned out to be a boring, abstract yawner.

From The Daily Beast

If he attempts to take some of our big banked bullfinches in his stride, with a yawner on each side, will get into grief.'

From Project Gutenberg

Some were busy at arithmetic, while, every moment, whack went the rod upon the crown of the idler or yawner.

From Project Gutenberg