waking /ˈweɪkɪŋ/adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •Occurring during wakefulness.The city had as yet hardly drawn its first waking breath. — 1855 noun1 •The act of becoming awake from sleep, or a period of time spent awake.[…] there are no words to describe the way she negotiated the abyss between her dreams, those wakings strange as her sleepings. — 1995 formswakings · more waking · most waking