I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective
: fully awake : not drowsy or dull : knowing , keen , alert
he was tired, exhausted, and yet wide-awake — Vicky Baum
listened with wide-awake interest — A.C.Whitehead
a wide-awake town
Synonyms: see watchful
II. noun
( -s )
1. also wide-awake hat : a low-crowned and wide-brimmed soft felt hat worn chiefly by men
2. usually capitalized : a member of any of the companies of young men in the presidential campaign of 1860 favoring the Republican candidate and wearing uniforms including a wide-awake hat
3.
[probably imitative of its cry]
a. : sooty tern
b. : any of several terns resembling the sooty tern