Sleepwalking

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during one's sleep. countable, uncountable

    "The play presents a whole gamut of such causes, from irrational passions, omens, prophecies, haunted sleepwalkings, nightmares, prodigies of nature, and conjurings, to Laius's ghost in four incarnations […]"

  2. 2
    walking by a person who is asleep wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of sleepwalk form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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amnesiabeauty sleepbeddy-byebedtimeblanket drillbye-bye

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"Dan had a history of sleepwalking."

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