wide-awake Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite fully awake
    unsleeping.
    • the unsleeping city
    • so excited she was wide-awake all night
  2. adjective satellite fully alert and watchful
    heads-up.
    • played heads-up ball

WordNet

Wide`-a*wake" adjective
Definitions
  1. Fully awake; not rowsy or dull; hence, knowing; keen; alert. Dickens.
Wide`-a*wake" noun
Definitions
  1. A broad-brimmed, low-crowned felt hat.

Webster 1913