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How to pronounce “woke”
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Pronunciation guide for woke
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of woke with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Her Body and Other Parties
When I woke up, my bladder was tight as a fist.
- Definition summary
- (African-American Vernacular or slang) Awake: conscious and not asleep.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce woke
Her Body and Other Parties

When I woke up, my bladder was tight as a fist.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “woke”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- (African-American Vernacular or slang) Awake: conscious and not asleep.
- (originally African-American Vernacular, slang) Alert, aware of what is going on, or well-informed, especially of racial and other social justice issues.
- (by extension, politics, slang, often derogatory) Holding progressive views or attitudes, principally with regard to social justice.
- (by extension, politics, slang, derogatory) Promoting cancel culture, identitarianism, pontification, victim mentality, or virtue signalling.
- [Noun]
- (countable, slang, often derogatory) A person with progressive views or attitudes.
- (uncountable, slang, derogatory) A progressive ideology, in particular with regards to social justice.
- [Verb]
- simple past of wake
- (now colloquial or dialectal) past participle of wake
Practice Nearby Words
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