sleepwalker
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈsliːpˌwɔːkər/
:
sonámbulo
- I wandered around like a sleepwalker.
- wake the sleepwalker
- watch a sleepwalker
- move like a sleepwalker
Examples
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I rode along like a sleepwalker traveling through fog.
Fiction book (2000) -
It's not her fault Emma's a sleepwalker.
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I had an aunt who was a sleepwalker.
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It's about this insane old doctor who has a sleepwalker completely under his spell.
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Luke advanced toward Dan in the manner of a sleepwalker.
Fiction book (2001) -
She's been like a sleepwalker all week.
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The sleepwalker keeps murdering people, but only because the evil guy has him under a spell.
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He acted like a sleepwalker.
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Terror and exhaustion had left him numb, and he followed Jacob like a sleepwalker.
Fiction book (1991) -
My brother is a sleepwalker; he often wanders around the house at night without remembering it in the morning.
Synonyms
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A person who walks while asleep
A person who walks while asleep
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sleepwalker is a simple combination of sleep ('rest') and walk ('move on your feet'), so it literally means 'a person who walks while still asleep', often without remembering it afterwards.