Wake Up

Definition: Wake Up

Wake Up

Verb

1. Cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM.".

2. Stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Wake Up

Excitation

Verb: excite, affect, touch, move, impress, strike, interest, animate, inspire, impassion, smite, infect; stir the blood, fire the blood, warm the blood; set astir; wake, awake, awaken; call forth; evoke, provoke; raise up, summon up, call up, wake up, blow up, get up, light up; raise; get up the steam, rouse, arouse, stir; fire, kindle, enkindle, apply the torch, set on fire, inflame.

Crosswords: Wake Up

You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up. Ironically, that's not far from the truth (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

And they'd just eat with their mouths open, and to be honest, it was too much for me. You get to be thinking about how short life is, and how maybe everything has no meaning, because you wake up, and you're frying burgers, and you're like 60, 70, and then you check out, you know (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.)

Oh, wake up, Norma, you'd be killing yourself to an empty house (Sunset Blvd.; writing credit: Charles Brackett)

Hey, pretty girl, time to wake up. (Mulholland Dr.; writing credit: David Lynch)

Bad enough to wake up a few Generals (Hollow Man; writing credit: Gary Scott Thompson; Andrew W. Marlowe)

The reason why I smile when I, when I wake up ("Addictive Love"; performing artist: BeBe& CeCe Winans)

New shoes on the whip and i wake up the bubbley (Still Fly; performing artist: Big Tymers)

It's hard to wake up (Stay Together For The Kids; performing artist: Blink-182)

Do you ever wake up reaching out for me (Anytime; performing artist: Brian McKnight)

Never wanna wake up (Thought I'd Died And Gone To Heaven; performing artist: Bryan Adams)

Sometimes I wake up grumpy. Other times I let her sleep. (references; author: unknown)

Clock: A small mechanical device to wake up people without children. (references; author: unknown)

The phrase that is guaranteed to wake up an audience: "And in conclusion. (references; author: unknown)

Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven't fallen asleep yet. (references; author: unknown)

Wake Up and Dream (1946)

Kiss and Wake Up (1942)

I Wake Up Screaming (1941)

Wake Up Famous (1937)

I'd Love to Fall Asleep and Wake Up in My Mammy's Arms (1922)

WAKE UP EVERYBODY (performing artist: HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE NOTES)

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Books

• Wake Up to Your Life: Discovering the Buddhist Path of Attention (reference)

• Wake Up, World!: A Day in the Life of Children Around the World (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Pokemon - Wake Up Snorlax! (Vol. 13) (reference)

• I Wake up Screaming (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Wake Up Jeff [Blister Pack] (reference)

• Circumstantial Evidence / Wake Up (Bonus Disc) [IMPORT] (reference)

• Wake up Dead Man: Black Convict Worksongs from Texas (reference)

• Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (reference)

• Wake Up & Dream (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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If Every Morning Is Your Morning After, You'd Better Wake Up!. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Wake up, amigo!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Wake up America! Civilization calls every man, woman and child! / James Montgomery Flagg. Credit: Library of Congress.

Wake up Lancaster! Your sons are fighting for you--Sacrifice to help them win--Buy Liberty bonds / C.W. Drepperd. Credit: Library of Congress.

Wake up America Day - April 19, 1917 / James Montgomery Flagg. Credit: Library of Congress.

New Yorkers wake up!! Your country needs you in the Navy to help make the world safe--Enlist to-day. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Zaphod! Wake up! "Mmmmmwwwwwerrrrr?

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Health

Every morning when you wake up, before you take medicine. (references)

Bathe when you wake up to help reduce the egg contamination. (references)

Headache when you wake up in the morning is typical of a sinus problem. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "wake up": wake up call ♦ wake up early ♦ wake up to smth.. Additional references.

Albanian

vij në vete (collect oneself, come around, come to, revive), ngre (boost, build up, carve, cast up, chant, elevate, erect, establish, heft, heighten, hike, hitch, hoist, hold up, jerk up, kilt, lift, lift up, look up, move up, peak, pick up, propound, raise, rear, rebel, revolt, ring up, rout, run up, scoop up, set up, situate, soar, Square, straighten, take off, throw up, trice, up, upheave, uplift, upraise, weigh, wind up), marr vesh se ç'bëhet. (various references)

Arabic 

‏طائر النقار, ‏إستيقظ (arouse, awake, wake, waken), ‏أيقظ (arouse, awake, awaken, awoken, call, raise, rattle, rouse, rout, wake, waken). (various references)

Basque

esnatuko (will wake up), esnatu (wake up to). (various references)

Breton

dihuniñ (to wake up). (various references)

Bulgarian 

събуждам (arouse, awake, awaken, call up, challenge, elevate, get up, rouse, shake up, wake, waken), будя се (wake, waken), пробуждам (awaken, rouse, wake, waken). (various references)

Catalan

despertar (to wake up). (various references)

Chinese 

�' (to be awake, to wake up), 叫�' (to awaken, to call awake, to wake up). (various references)

Croatian

probuditi. (various references)

Czech

vzbudit (arouse, attract, call, excite, incur, kindle, to wake up, wake), probudit se (awake, awaken, wake, waken). (various references)

Danish

vågne op (wake), vække (arouse, awaken, wake). (various references)

Dutch

wekken (arouse, awaken, wake), wakker worden (wake), wakker maken (arouse, awaken, wake), opwekken (abet, arouse, awaken, encourage, impel, instigate, spur on, stimulate, urge, wake), ontwaken (wake). (various references)

Esperanto

vekiĝi (wake), veki (arouse, awaken, wake). (various references)

Faeroese

vekja (arouse, awaken, wake), vakna (wake). (various references)

Finnish

valveutua, herättää (arouse, awaken, call forth, wake, waken), havahtua (awake). (various references)

French

réveiller (wake, waken), se réveiller (wake, waken), s'éveiller (wake, waken). (various references)

German

wecken (arouse, awake, awaked, awaken, awoken, bring back, call forth, create, excite, kindle, prompt, reveille, revive, rouse, spark, to awake, wake, waken, waking-up time), aufwachen (awake, awaken, to awake, to wake up, wake, waken, wakeup), erwachen (awake, awaken, awakening, be awake, come to, dawn, to awake, wake, waked, waken, woken), aufwecken (arouse, awaken, rouse, to wake up, wake, waken). (various references)

Greek 

ξυπνώ (awake, awaken, get up, knock up, rouse, wake). (various references)

Haitian Creole

leve. (various references)

Hebrew 

לעור (astir, awake, awaken), ל�"תעשת (consider, reconsider), ל�"קיץ (arouse, awake), �"תעורר. (various references)

Hungarian

felver (beat up, hunt out, rouse, to alarm, to flush, to put up, to restart, to rouse, to run up, to whip), felébresztés, felébred (awake, awaken, awoke, to awake, to awaken, to rouse, to wake, to wake up, waken). (various references)

Icelandic

vakna (wake). (various references)

Indonesian

bangkit (come up, get up, rise, wake). (various references)

Italian

svegliarsi (arise, awake, rouse, wake), risvegliare (arouse, awaken, revive, rouse, stir up, wake), destarsi (awake), destare (arouse, awake, kindle, wake, waken). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

覚める　 (to wake, to wake up), 覚める (to wake, to wake up), 目覚める　 (to wake up), 目覚める (to wake up), 目�'覚ます (to wake up), 叩き起す (to rouse out of bed, to wake up), 呼び覚ます (to wake up), 寝�'める (to wake up), 寝起き (ability to wake up), 寝覚める (to wake up). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たたきお�"す (to rouse, to rouse out of bed, to wake up), ねおき (ability to wake up), ねざめる (to wake up), さめる (to abate, to awake, to become cool, to come down, to come to one's senses, to cool down, to dampen, to discolour, to fade, to get sober, to subside, to wake, to wake up, to wear off), めざめる (to wake up), め�'さます (to wake up), よびさます (to wake up). (various references)

Luxembourgish

erwächen. (various references)

Malay

membanguni (arouse, awaken, wake), bangun (wake). (various references)

Maya

ah (to wake up). (various references)

Norwegian

vekke opp, vegge (arouse, awaken, wake), våkne opp. (various references)

Occitan

despertar (se). (various references)

Papiamen

spierta (arouse, awaken, wake). (various references)

Pig Latin

akeway upay.(various references)

Portuguese

acordar (arouse, awake, awaken, rouse, wake, waken). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

acordar (to wake, to wake up). (various references)

Romanian

trezi (arouse, awake, awaken, call, disabuse, evoke, hold up, hound on, induce, inspire with, knock up, prompt, raise, rip up, rouse, sharpen, wake), se trezi (awake, awaken, flatten, rattle up, stale, stir, wake, waken), nu cascã gurã. (various references)

Romany

jangav� v (to wake up). (various references)

Russian 

будить (arouse, awake, awaken, awakens, awakes, call, raise, rouse, roused, wake, woke, woken), просыпаться (arouse, awake, awaken, wake). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

probuditi (arouse, awaken, evoke, rouse, wake, waken). (various references)

Shona

-muka (to wake up). (various references)

Spanish

despertarse (arouse, awake, awaken, rouse, wake, waken), despertar (arousal, arouse, awake, awaken, awakening, draw, get up, knock up, revive, rouse, wake, waken). (various references)

Sranan

wiki (arouse, awaken, wake, week). (various references)

Swedish

vakna (alerts, awake, awaken, be awake, stir, wake, waken), väcka (arouse, awake, awaken, bring up, call, evoke, give, introduce, kindle, rouse, wake, waken). (various references)

Tahitian

fa'aara (to wake up). (various references)

Tswana

tsogile (am fine, are fine, be well, well). (various references)

Turkish

uyanmak (awake, awaken, revive, rouse, rouse up, stir, wake, waken), uyandırmak (arouse, awake, awaken, call, disabuse, disabuse of, evoke, excite, inspire, kindle, knock up, provoke, quicken, recall, revive, rouse, rouse up, spark, stir, stir up, undeceive, wake, waken, whet), canlanmak (bestir oneself, brighten, brighten up, buck up, come to life, firm, freshen, kick up one's heels, kindle, liven, liven up, perk, perk oneself, perk oneself up, perk up, quicken, refresh, revive, rouse, rouse oneself, rouse up, stir, wake). (various references)

Turkmen 

oяanmak. (various references)

Ukrainian

будити (arouse, awake, awaken, rouse, wake, waken), прокидатися (awake, awaken, rouse, wake, waken). (various references)

Welsh

deffro (arouse, awake, rouse, wake). (various references)

Xhosa

uvuke. (various references)

Yucatec

aahal (wake). (various references)

excita, excitabis, excitabit, excitabitur, excitabo, excitandi, excitandum, excitantibus, excitare, excitatas, excitate, excitatus, excitaverunt, excitavi, excitavit, excitet, excito. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"Wake Up" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: wakw up. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: peak, puke, wake, wauk, weak, weka.

-3 letters: ape, auk, awe, eau, kae, kea, kep, kue, paw, pea, pew, uke, wae, wap.

-4 letters: ae, aw, ka, pa, pe, up, we.