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to sleepwalk

to sleepwalk

39 4.2
To walk while not fully awake and not remember it
  • verb
  • /ˈsliːpˌwɔːk/
translation icon : andar dormido
  • She often sleepwalks and ends up in strange places, like the kitchen, with no memory of how she got there.
  • sleepwalking their way

I have this weird thing where I like sleepwalk, but actually, like, it's you explain it because you're the one that experiences it, not me.

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Examples

  • I seemed to settle down and now don't sleepwalk too often, maybe once a month or two months.

    Blog text (31)
  • Most people sleepwalk through their lives never feeling like they meant anything to anybody, especially in their work.

  • It's strange how it is that you sleepwalk like that.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • I just thought you were sleepwalking.

  • Could she have been sleepwalking?

  • Then they tend to hang together, a mass of people sleepwalking their way through college.

    Academic text (2006)
  • I had seen someone sleepwalking once at the Compound one night, and he almost fell into the lake.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • The Nuggets looked like they had nothing left and were sleepwalking through the second half.

    Blog text (31)
  • Her eyes were still almost closed, and she moved unsteadily, like she was sleepwalking.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • If you've ever felt like you've been sleepwalking through the Mass, you need this book.

    Blog text (11)

Synonyms

to somnambulate
vsto sleepwalk
9.9

To walk while asleep

is the common everyday term used for walking while asleep

Antonyms

1.0

To stop sleeping or make someone else stop sleeping

Surface Forms

sleepwalk infinitive
sleepwalked past participle
sleepwalking present participle
sleepwalks third person singular

Morphology

sleepwalk = sleep + walk (transparent) = sleep + walk

The meaning is a direct combination of 'sleep' and 'walk' and is easily inferred by learners who know those words.

Etymology

Sleepwalk is made from sleep and walk, so it literally means 'to walk while asleep'. That's why someone who sleepwalks moves around without knowing it and often has no memory of it.