to sleepwalk
- verb
- /ˈsliːpˌwɔːk/
- 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.
- 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.
- People who have night terrors or who have who sleepwalk should not take theanine.
Examples
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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.
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It's strange how it is that you sleepwalk like that.
Fiction book (2001) -
I just thought you were sleepwalking.
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Could she have been sleepwalking?
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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 walk while asleep
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.