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Feb 13, 2012
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wake-up



Pronunciation: (wāk'up"), [key]
—n.
1. an act or instance of waking up.
2. an act or instance of being awakened: I asked the hotel desk for a wake-up at 6.
3. a time of awaking or being awakened: I'll need a 5 o'clock wake-up to make the early plane.
4. flicker2.

—adj.
1. serving to wake one from sleep: Leave a wake-up call at the front desk.
2. serving to arouse or excite: a wake-up call on the problems of pollution.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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