1. The act of waking
   "it was the waking up he hated most"
   - awakening, wakening

Type of: arousal, rousing

• hot weather
• hot-air balloon
• hot-blooded
• hot-button issue
• hot-fudge sauce
• hot-rock penstemon
• hot-rod
• hot-tempered
• hot-water bag
• hot-water bottle
• hot-water heater
• hot-water tank
• hot-wire
• hot-work
• hot-work steel
• hotbed
• hotbox
• hotcake
• hotchpotch
• hotdesk
• hotdesking
• hotdog
• sharp-tongued
• sharp-toothed
• sharp-witted