Rip Van Winkle

Speech parts

1. Rip Van Winkle - Noun

2. Rip Van Winkle - Proper noun

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

a person who sleeps a lot

a person oblivious to social changes

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

sleepyhead loafer idler beachcomber drone sleeper bum do-nothing deadbeat lazybones lounger dormouse faineant slugabed do-little
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Antonyms

fireball doer generator spark plug hot shot bundle of energy
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Hypernyms

traditionalist sleeper slumberer diehard

Examples

CATSKILL, N.Y. (AP) — Pedestrians viewing the Hudson River from the Rip Van Winkle Bridge can now refer to a series of signs that include historical information. Source: Internet

Rip Van Winkle Gardens on Jefferson Island, which sits on top of one of Louisiana's coastal salt domes. Source: Internet

Miss Tiffany Marie Hebert and Jerry Martin Leadley, Jr., both of Fort Dodge, Iowa, became man and wife during a 7 p.m. wedding ceremonyon Saturday, April 29, 2017, at Rip Van Winkle Garden in New Iberia, La. Source: Internet

Will Vinton followed with several other successful short film experiments including The Great Cognito, Creation, and Rip Van Winkle which were each nominated for Academy Awards. Source: Internet

To this day, many mistakenly believe that Irving’s two most famous short stories "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" are based on actual folk tales of Dutch peasants in the Hudson Valley. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

rip up rip up the form book rip up the rulebook Rip Van Winkledom Rip Van Winkleish Rip Van Winklesque