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the body's reset button you forget exists until something seizes mid-yawn
means To extend or pull something to its full length or beyond its usual limits, or to lengthen and tense your own muscles for relief.
from From Old English 'streccan,' meaning to extend or spread out, with relatives across the Germanic family — Dutch 'strekken' and German 'strecken' are close cousins. The whole clan likely traces back to a Proto-Germanic root suggesting stiffness or making taut, which fits perfectly: a stretch is the body deliberately courting tension to chase it away.
- animal instinct
- dogs and cats stretch reflexively on waking, called pandiculation
- yawn twin
- yawning and stretching share the same neural trigger
- prison slang
- a stretch means a stint behind bars
- limo lore
- stretch limousines were invented for touring bands in 1928
- fetal stretch
- babies pandiculate in the womb before they're born
armstrong stretch — yoga pose named after b.k.s. iyengar's student, involves forward fold with clasped hands behind back
the stretch at ascot — final 2 furlongs of royal ascot racecourse in england where races are decided
stretching reflex — neurological response discovered by ivan pavlov where muscles contract when stretched, tested with patellar reflex