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wide-awake
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective wide-awake has 2 senses
- wide-awake(s = adj.all) unsleeping - fully awake; "the unsleeping city"; "so excited she was wide-awake all night"
- wide-awake(s = adj.all) heads-up - fully alert and watchful; "played heads-up ball"
CIDE DICTIONARY
wide-awake, a.
Fully awake; not drowsy or dull; hence, knowing; keen; alert. Dickens. [1913 Webster]
wide-awake, n.
A broad-brimmed, low-crowned felt hat. [1913 Webster]
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