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pandiculations

pandiculations is the plural of pandiculation.

Meaning of pandiculation

Noun

pandiculation (countable and uncountable, plural pandiculations)

  1. A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy or on waking, often accompanied by yawning.
    • If I were a visitor from another planet - but then, am I not a visitor from another planet? - I think that of all the earthlings' quirks it is the act of pandiculation that would surprise and fascinate me most, that slow stretch and then the soundless ape-howl, in which they indulge themselves with...1993, John Banville, Ghosts

Questions about pandiculations

What is pandiculations the plural of?
Pandiculations is the plural of pandiculation.

Words near pandiculations in the dictionary

  1. pandiculate
  2. pandiculated
  3. pandiculates
  4. pandiculating
  5. pandiculation
  6. pandiculations
  7. pandied
  8. pandies
  9. pandigital
  10. pandimensional
  11. pandimensionality

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