How to pronounce wake
American English pronunciation
WAYK
- IPA
- /ˈweɪk/
- Syllables
- WAYK (1 syllable)
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What wake means
Most people know wake in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
The trail of waves left behind a moving boat
In a sentence: Our little rowboat bobbed up and down in the wake of the big ferry.
Where it comes from: This boat meaning is probably a different word from wake, to stop sleeping. It may come from an Old Norse word for a hole in the ice.
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