gant
1
9.9
A long open breath you make with your mouth when you are tired
- noun
- Archaic
:
yawn
Synonyms
to yawn
vsgant
4
5.7
To be wide open and show a large empty space
refers to the human act of opening the mouth when tired
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gant is an old Scottish word for 'yawn'. A helpful way to remember it is to link it to the English word gape, which means 'open the mouth', so a gant is the big 'open mouth' you make when you yawn.