good morning

Pluralgood mornings, good-mornings

1. 1
   interjection

   Something you say to greet someone when you first see them in the morning.

   Good morning, Mom! What's for breakfast?

   Our bus driver says good morning to every student who gets on.

   Similarhello

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2. 2
   a hello givennouncountable

   The words good morning, when someone says them to greet you.

   The new teacher answered our good morning with a big smile.

   We said our good mornings and sat down to eat.

3. 3
   waking upinterjectionhumorous

   Said as a joke to someone who has just woken up, even if it is not morning.

   "Good morning!" Mom joked when I came downstairs at noon.

   Good morning, sleepyhead! It's almost dinner time.

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4. 4
   slow to noticeinterjectioncolloquial

   Said, as a joke, to someone who has only just understood something very late.

   "Oh, the store is closed on Sundays?" "Good morning! It always has been."

   You just noticed I cut my hair? Good morning!

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5. 5
   greet someoneverb · good-morningtransitive or intransitive

   To say good morning to someone.

   Grandpa likes to good-morning everyone he passes on his walk.

   The neighbors waved and good-morninged as we drove past.

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6. 6
   weight exercisenouncountable

   An exercise where you bend forward and stand back up with a weight bar or band on your shoulders.

   We did three sets of good mornings at the gym today.

   Keep your back straight when you do a good morning.

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