wakey

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK, US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈweɪ.ki/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈwæɪ.ki/ Rhymes: -eɪki === Etymology 1 === From wake + -y (diminutive suffix). ==== Noun ==== wakey (plural not attested) (military, slang) The day on which one wakes up and travels home. 2011, Richard "Barney" Bigwood, We Were Reos: Australian Infantry Reinforcements in VIETNAM (page 47) When you became a 'short timer' (20 days and a wakey) you delighted in sticking it up to the new arrivals. === Etymology 2 === From wake + -y (suffix forming colloquialisms). ==== Interjection ==== wakey (colloquial or childish) Used to encourage someone to wake up. Synonym: wakey wakey === Anagrams === weaky == Meriam == === Noun === wakey thigh