waking up

wakings up

Definitions of waking up
  1. noun
    the act of waking
    “it was the waking up he hated most”
    synonyms: awakening, wakening
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    types:
    reveille
    a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise
    type of:
    arousal, rousing
    the act of arousing
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