sleepwalking
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- noun
- /ˈsliːpˌwɔːkɪŋ/
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sonambulismo
- As a child, I often woke up in strange places after experiencing sleepwalking during the night.
- sleepwalking episode
- sleepwalking problem
- history of sleepwalking
Sexomnia, which is like sleepwalking but for your penis.
- Sexomnia, which is like sleepwalking but for your penis.
- I do wonder what the craziest sleepwalking stories are from our listeners, though.
- So the sleepwalking would happen in any sort of new environment, which is.
- And yeah, so sleepwalking is fucking weird.
Examples
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Lucy is first infected by Dracula during an episode of sleepwalking that takes her to the graveyard overlooking Whitby Harbour.
Academic text (2007) -
But the exact mechanisms that cause sleepwalking remain unclear.
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Lucy is not even at fault for her own sleepwalking.
Academic text (2007) -
Quite an epidemic of sleepwalking.
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I'm familiar with sleepwalking because of my cousin, so I can understand it.
Blog text (30) -
Sleepwalking is a phenomenon of more common knowledge that involves complex motor activity without conscious awareness.
Academic text (2006) -
An unfortunate case of sleepwalking drove Randall to write Dreamland.
Blog text (13) -
His episodes of sleepwalking led to some amusing stories shared by his friends.
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After a stressful week, my sleepwalking suddenly returned, causing me to roam around the house at night.
Synonyms
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To walk while asleep without remembering it
Walking or doing things while asleep without knowing it
Walking while asleep and not aware of it
A sleep condition in which a person walks while they are asleep
To walk while you are asleep
Antonyms
How Disturbing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sleepwalking is a simple joining of sleep and walking, so it means 'walking while asleep'. That's why it means doing actions while you are asleep, usually with no memory of them when you wake up.