Definitions for wake-up

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Spelling: [weyk-uhp]

IPA: /ˈweɪkˌʌp/

Wake-Up is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 60 anagrams from letters in wake-up (-aekpuw).

Definitions for wake-up

noun

1. an act or instance of waking up.
2. an act or instance of being awakened:
3. a time of awaking or being awakened:
4. flicker2 .
5. a watching, or a watch kept, especially for some solemn or ceremonial purpose.
6. a watch or vigil by the body of a dead person before burial, sometimes accompanied by feasting or merrymaking.
7. a local annual festival in England, formerly held in honor of the patron saint or on the anniversary of the dedication of a church but now usually having little or no religious significance.
8. the state of being awake:

adjective

1. serving to wake one from sleep:
2. serving to arouse or alert:

verb (used with object)

1. to rouse from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed by up):
2. to rouse from lethargy, apathy, ignorance, etc. (often followed by up):
3. to hold a wake for or over (a dead person).
4. to keep watch or vigil over.

verb (used without object)

1. to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed by up).
2. to become roused from a tranquil or inactive state; awaken; waken:
3. to become cognizant or aware of something; awaken; waken:
4. to be or continue to be awake:
5. to remain awake for some purpose, duty, etc.:
6. to hold a wake over a corpse.
7. to keep watch or vigil.

Origin of wake-up

First recorded in 1835-45; noun, adj. use of verb phrase wake up

Examples for wake-up

A new CDC report serves as a wake-up call for the importance of childhood vaccines.

At precisely 5:30 a.m. the next morning, as requested, the wake-up call buzzed.

But that wine, a balanced blend of supple fruit, focused acidity and sweet spice, was my wake-up call.

And if Voss is discouraged by the situation in Washington, it should be a wake-up call for all of us.

The flicker earned his name of "yarup" or "wake-up" from his spring song, which is a rollicking jolly "wick-a-wick-a-wick."

She went at it cautiously, though she had swallowed a couple of wake-up capsules just before they walked into the Ermetyne suite.

If you want to predict trends in America, whether in politics or products, World Cup mania should serve as a wake-up call.

It needs to be a wake-up call about a broken institution that's letting down the American people.

“This study should be a wake-up call to parents and educators everywhere,” says Greenberg.

If this isn't a wake-up call for everybody who thinks they are committed to freedom and democracy, I don't know what will be.