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RIP VAN WINKLE

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Overview

RIP VAN WINKLE (noun)
  The noun RIP VAN WINKLE has 3 senses:

1. a person oblivious to social changesplay

2. a person who sleeps a lotplay

3. the title character in a story by Washington Irving about a man who sleeps for 20 years and doesn't recognize the world when he wakensplay

  Familiarity information: RIP VAN WINKLE used as a noun is uncommon.


English dictionary: Word details


RIP VAN WINKLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A person oblivious to social changes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Rip van Winkle" is a kind of...):

diehard; traditionalist (one who adheres to traditional views)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who sleeps a lot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Rip van Winkle" is a kind of...):

sleeper; slumberer (a rester who is sleeping)


Sense 3

Meaning:

The title character in a story by Washington Irving about a man who sleeps for 20 years and doesn't recognize the world when he wakens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

character; fictional character; fictitious character (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story))


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