Definition of "wakeup" []

• The act of waking up (noun)

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• "I don't believe in wakeup calls, but I guess those guys do."
• "He's going to join us after the break with what he is calling a wakeup documentary about the genocide in Darfur."
• "Darfur is now bleeding openly, profusely, even across the border, into Chad, and I think it's this potential to expand the conflict and suffering, which is now -- which is, a wakeup call for the U.N., especially the Security Council, and other major players to do something about this situation."