pandiculate

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UK, US/pænˈdɪk.jə.leɪt/

verb

To fully stretch the torso and upper limbs, typically accompanied by yawning.

OriginLatin pandiculātus →
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Meanings

verbpandiculate (third-person singular simple present pandiculates, present participle pandiculating, simple past and past participle pandiculated)

present singular third person pandiculates · participle present pandiculating · participle past pandiculated · past pandiculated

  1. ambitransitiveTo fully stretch the torso and upper limbs, typically accompanied by yawning.

Origin

  1. Latinpandiculātus
  2. Englishpandiculate

From Latin pandiculātus, perfect active participle of pandiculor (“stretch oneself”).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 欠伸
  • 欠伸 (qiànshēn)to stretch oneself and make sounds
Dutch zich uitrekken
  • zich uitrekkento stretch oneself and make sounds
Estonian ringutama
  • ringutamato stretch oneself and make sounds
Finnish venytellä
  • venytelläto stretch oneself and make sounds
French pandiculer
  • pandiculerto stretch oneself and make sounds
German räkeln, rekeln
  • räkelnto stretch oneself and make sounds
  • rekelnto stretch oneself and make sounds
  • streckento stretch oneself and make sounds
Italian stendersi
  • stendersito stretch oneself and make sounds
Korean 흠신하다, 기지개하다
  • 흠신하다 (heumsinhada)to stretch oneself and make sounds
  • 기지개하다 (gijigaehada)to stretch oneself and make sounds
Malay menggeliat, menggeliatkan
  • menggeliatto stretch oneself and make sounds
  • menggeliatkanto stretch oneself and make sounds
Māori taiaroa
  • taiaroato stretch oneself and make sounds
Polish rozciągać się
  • rozciągać sięto stretch oneself and make sounds
Portuguese pandicular, espreguiçar
  • pandicularto stretch oneself and make sounds
  • espreguiçarto stretch oneself and make sounds
Russian потягиваться, тяну́ться
  • потягиваться (potjagivatʹsja)to stretch oneself and make sounds
  • тяну́ться (tjanútʹsja)to stretch oneself and make sounds
  • растягивать (rastjagivatʹ)to stretch oneself and make sounds
Spanish desperezar, estirar
  • desperezarto stretch oneself and make sounds
  • estirarto stretch oneself and make sounds
Thai บิดขี้เกียจ
  • บิดขี้เกียจ (bìt-kîi-gìiat)to stretch oneself and make sounds

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

paniculated
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APA

pandiculate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pandiculate

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“pandiculate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pandiculate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pandiculate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pandiculate.

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