Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stretching of one's self, as when one is newly awaked from sleep, or sleepy or fatigued; a restlessness and inclination to stretch observed at the outset of certain paroxysms of fever, hysteria, etc.: sometimes, somewhat incorrectly, used in the sense of ‘yawning.’
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
stretching andstiffening of thetrunk and extremities, as whenfatigued anddrowsy or on waking, often accompanied byyawning .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun yawning and stretching (as when first waking up)
Etymologies
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Examples
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These thoughts are the product of centuries of Anglican pew-pandiculation; eat your heart out Pascal.
Corn Flake Anglicans. Plumbing the depths of banality. « Anglican Samizdat 2008
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His shoulders hunched, his legs stretched to their toes, he made claws of his fingers in his hands—a fierce pandiculation of his limbs.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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His shoulders hunched, his legs stretched to their toes, he made claws of his fingers in his hands—a fierce pandiculation of his limbs.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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Imagine Kenneth Williams nasally saying the word, bursting with double entendre: "Oh yes, the first thing I do when I wake up is enjoy a prolonged pandiculation."
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Hubert van den Bergh 2012
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Imagine Kenneth Williams nasally saying the word, bursting with double entendre: "Oh yes, the first thing I do when I wake up is enjoy a prolonged pandiculation."
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Hubert van den Bergh 2012
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From those experiments there is reason to conclude that the fatigued part of the retina throws itself into a contrary mode of action like oscitation or pandiculation, as soon as the stimulus, which has fatigued it, is withdrawn; but that it still remains liable to be excited into action by any other colours except the colour with which it has been fatigued.
Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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When any of our larger muscles have been in long or in violent action, and their antagonists have been at the same time extended, as soon as the action of the former ceases, the limb is stretched the contrary way for our ease, and a pandiculation or yawning takes place.
Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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The alternate exertions of the retina in the preceding section resembled the oscitation or pandiculation of the muscles, as they were performed in directions contrary to each other, and were the consequence of fatigue rather than of pain.
Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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The pleasure we receive from a melodious succession of notes referable to the gamut is derived from another source, viz. to the pandiculation or counteraction of antagonist fibres.
Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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From these experiments there is reason to conclude, that the fatigued part of the retina throws itself into a contrary mode of action, like oscitation or pandiculation, as soon as the stimulus which has fatigued it is withdrawn; and that it still remains sensible, that is, liable to be excited into action by any other colours at the same time, except the colour with which it has been fatigued.
Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
reesetee commented on the word pandiculation
The yawning and stretching you do when you first wake up, or after you've been sitting for ages.
March 1, 2007
sionnach commented on the word pandiculation
Foo! You can try to cover up the vexing problem of inappropriate panda masturbation and its results all you want, but we know what's what.
March 2, 2007
reesetee commented on the word pandiculation
No, no, no--this is when a panda enrolls in a post-graduate degree program. ;-)
March 2, 2007
silas commented on the word pandiculation
"The stretching of one's body that often accompanies yawning."
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September 17, 2009
jmjarmstrong commented on the word pandiculation
JM opines that pandiculation is a real stretch
December 14, 2009