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wide-awake

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wide-a⋅wake

[wahyd-uh-weyk]
–adjective
1. fully awake; with the eyes wide open.
2. alert, keen, or knowing: a wide-awake young woman.
–noun
3. Also called wide-awake hat. a soft, low-crowned felt hat.
4. the sooty tern.

Origin:
1810–20


wide-a⋅wake⋅ness, noun


2. watchful, vigilant; sharp, quick, astute.

sooty tern

–noun
a black and white tern, Sterna fuscata, of small tropical islands.
Also called wide-awake.


Origin:
1775–85
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sooty tern  
n.  A tern (Sterna fuscata) found along most tropical coasts, having black plumage above and white below. Also called wide-awake.
wide-a·wake   (wīd'ə-wāk')
adj.  
  1. Completely awake.

  2. Alert; watchful.

n.  See sooty tern.
wide'a·wake'ness n.
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