What is the meaning of WAKE. Phrases containing WAKE
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Turbulence behind a vessel. Not to be confused with wash.
first blast of crack from the pipe
Amphetamine
amphetamine
Marijuana
the last day in country before going home.
amphetamine
A word intimating a person is alert, perceptive or discerning. e.g. 'You'll never fool him, he's a wakeup to your tricks"
House. Went 'round to his cat to wake him up.
The pipe made when it is time for the crew to awake. Normally, it is done at 7AM. When done on a boatswain's call the pipe is very long and drawn out, thus increasing the chance that the crew will wake up sufficiently and not fall back to sleep.
A traditional call made at wakey-wakey. Originated in the days of sail when women were allowed aboard ship. A woman in a sailor's hammock would display a leg and thereby the sailor was not required to turn out.
When a sailor is counting down the days to an event he might use this counting down term. Example: If a sailor was posted off the ship five days, he might refer to it as "four days and a wake-up."
Wake up/Woke up the Wrong Passenger
To trouble or anger the wrong person.
First blast of crack from the pipe
To raise a ruckus.
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n.
Any plant of the genus Arum, especially, in England, the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum).
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Time during which one is awake.
v. t.
To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
n.
An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking, often to excess.
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of Waken
n.
The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army.
v. i.
To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.
v. t.
To bring to life again, as if from the sleep of death; to reanimate; to revive.
v. t.
To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken.
v. t.
To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken.
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of Wake
n.
The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish.
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The revival of an action.
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The act of waking, or being awaked; also, the state of being awake.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Waken
n.
One who wakens.
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One who wakes.
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The act of one who wakens; esp., the act of ceasing to sleep; an awakening.
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Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.
n.
The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
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