waking

wak‧ing /ˈweɪkɪŋ/ BrE AmE adjective written
waking hours/life/day etc all the time when you are awake:
His face haunted her every waking moment!

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

waking

▪ I. wak·ing [waking] [ˈweɪkɪŋ] [ˈweɪkɪŋ] adjective only before noun
used to describe time when you are awake
• She spends all her waking hours caring for her mother.

• He thought of her every waking moment.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

waking / ˈweɪ.kɪŋ / adjective [ before noun ]

describes a period of time or an experience during which you are awake:

Children are in school for 15 percent of their waking hours/life between birth and the age of 16.

She seems to spend every waking moment/minute/hour (= all her available time) at the piano.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

waking

waking adj always used before a noun of time : passing while you are awake and able to think and act
• I spent every waking hour/moment [=every hour/moment when I was awake] thinking about how to fix the problem.

waking

adjective