Learn English – the term for the morning wake up gesture

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What term do we use to describe the gesture that we find when someone wakes up and flexes her arms?

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Woman waking up in the morning

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The technical term for this is pandiculation

A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy or on waking, often accompanied by yawning. Wiktionary

However, this would not be understood by most speakers, and it would normally be refered to as just stretching.

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