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RIP VAN WINKLE
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• RIP VAN WINKLE (noun)
The noun RIP VAN WINKLE has 3 senses:
1. a person oblivious to social changes
2. a person who sleeps a lot
3. the title character in a story by Washington Irving about a man who sleeps for 20 years and doesn't recognize the world when he wakens
Familiarity information: RIP VAN WINKLE used as a noun is uncommon.
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person oblivious to social changes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Rip van Winkle" is a kind of...):
diehard; traditionalist (one who adheres to traditional views)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person who sleeps a lot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Rip van Winkle" is a kind of...):
sleeper; slumberer (a rester who is sleeping)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The title character in a story by Washington Irving about a man who sleeps for 20 years and doesn't recognize the world when he wakens
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
character; fictional character; fictitious character (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story))
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