- an act or instance of waking up.
- an act or instance of being awakened: I asked the hotel desk for a wake-up at 6.
- a time of awaking or being awakened: I'll need a 5 o'clock wake-up to make the early plane.
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- serving to wake one from sleep: Tell the front desk you want a wake-up call.
- serving to arouse or alert: a wake-up call on the problems of pollution.
- an alert or intelligent person
- to be fully alert to (a person, thing, action, etc)