WAKE-UP SIGNAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wake-up signal mean? 

• WAKE-UP SIGNAL (noun)
  The noun WAKE-UP SIGNAL has 1 sense:

1. (military) signal to wake up

  Familiarity information: WAKE-UP SIGNAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WAKE-UP SIGNAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(military) signal to wake up

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

reveille; wake-up signal

Hypernyms ("wake-up signal" is a kind of...):

bugle call (a signal broadcast by the sound of a bugle)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

 Context examples 

It then begins to rise, acting as a kind of a biological alarm clock wake-up signal.

(Bathing 90 minutes before bedtime can improve sleep quality, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)