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wake-up

Definition of wake-up

noun

[in singular]
  • an instance of a person waking up or being woken up: the wake-up comes in the dark before dawn [as modifier]:tables full of men sipping a wake-up Armagnac

Phrases

be a wake-up

Australian/NZ informal be fully alert or aware:I’m a wake-up to you

wake-up in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of wake-up in the US English dictionary