Meanings
plural pandiculations
- countableuncountableA stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy or on waking, often accompanied by yawning.
1 more example
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 such languorous relish.
1993, John Banville, Ghosts
Origin
Translations
Finnish venyttely
- venyttelystretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities as when fatigued and drowsy
French pandiculation
- pandiculationstretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities as when fatigued and drowsy
German Räkeln, Strecken
- Räkelnstretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities as when fatigued and drowsy
- Streckenstretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities as when fatigued and drowsy
Hindi अंगड़ाई
- अंगड़ाई (aṅgṛāī)stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities as when fatigued and drowsy
Icelandic syfjuteygjur, morgunteygjur
- syfjuteygjurstretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities as when fatigued and drowsy
- morgunteygjurstretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities as when fatigued and drowsy
Italian pandiculazione
- pandiculazionestretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities as when fatigued and drowsy
Malay menggeliat
- menggeliatstretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities as when fatigued and drowsy
Māori taiaroa, taiari
- taiaroastretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities as when fatigued and drowsy
- taiaristretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities as when fatigued and drowsy
- taieristretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities as when fatigued and drowsy
Portuguese pandiculação, espreguiçamento
- pandiculaçãostretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities as when fatigued and drowsy
- espreguiçamentostretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities as when fatigued and drowsy
Russian потягивание
- потягивание (potyàghivaniye)stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities as when fatigued and drowsy
Spanish estiramiento
- estiramientostretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities as when fatigued and drowsy
Urdu انگڑائی
- انگڑائی (aṅgṛāī)stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities as when fatigued and drowsy
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pandiculation
Cite this entry
pandiculation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pandiculation
“pandiculation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pandiculation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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