jawn

/d͡ʒɔːn/

IPA: /JH AO1 N/

verb
  1. 1

    To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.

    I could see my students yawning, so I knew the lesson was boring them.

  2. 2

    To say while yawning.

  3. 3

    To present a wide opening.

    Death yawned before us, and I hit the brakes.

  4. 4

    To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.

  5. 5

    To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning.

    to yawn for fat livings

noun
  1. 1

    (chiefly Philadelphia) Something; any object, place or thing.

  2. 2

    (chiefly Philadelphia) A woman.

    Yo, you see that jawn, she bad as hell.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jawn, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yawn