(countable, slang, often derogatory) A person with progressive views or attitudes.
Used in a Sentence
woke
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for woke.
Editorial note
He woke up one morning, went to take a shower before school, and just dropped dead in the shower.
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Quick take
(countable, slang, often derogatory) A person with progressive views or attitudes.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of woke gathered in one view.
(uncountable, slang, derogatory) A progressive ideology, in particular with regards to social justice.
(by extension, politics, slang, often derogatory) Holding progressive views or attitudes, principally with regard to social justice.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for woke.
noun
(countable, slang, often derogatory) A person with progressive views or attitudes.
noun
(uncountable, slang, derogatory) A progressive ideology, in particular with regards to social justice.
adjective
(by extension, politics, slang, often derogatory) Holding progressive views or attitudes, principally with regard to social justice.
adjective
(African-American Vernacular or slang) Awake: conscious and not asleep.
Example sentences
He woke up one morning, went to take a shower before school, and just dropped dead in the shower.
Does it really matter that organized Christianity believes that a guy woke up from the dead?
Rackspace woke up, realized Slicehost customers are cheap, and drove them off by raising prices.
I had visions of it making a new post (by me!) every 2 minutes until I woke up.
I used to really binge it in the weekends; woke up in strange place on Sunday mornings etc.
I woke up after being resuscitated after a lifeguard noticed I was in trouble under the water.
I woke them up when their child was misbehaving, and sometimes just because I was severely annoyed..
I slept poorly, woke up with anxiety, and one day I burst into tears in the office.
A family friend of mine went under general anesthesia and woke up senile.
It probably makes a political difference yes, but I mean that if you woke a swede in norway, they wouldn't really notice apart from that everyone sounded funny.
Late in 1996 Electronic Arts (who owned Origin) woke up one day and realized that they had a massive potential hit on their hands.
Three times I've been sleeping in a tall building when an earthquake woke me up.
Quote examples
> "This is so figgin cool, I woke up my wife this morning and showed her.
“I went to the comedy show and the comedian said something about the lord, and I was offended, and when I woke up in the morning, I had leprosy." Nothing Happens!
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use woke in a sentence?
He woke up one morning, went to take a shower before school, and just dropped dead in the shower.
What does woke mean?
(countable, slang, often derogatory) A person with progressive views or attitudes.
What part of speech is woke?
woke is commonly used as noun, adjective.