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sleepwalk

[sleep-wawk]

verb (used without object)

  1. to engage in sleepwalking.



noun

  1. an act of sleepwalking; somnambulation.

sleepwalk

/ ˈːˌɔː /

verb

  1. (intr) to walk while asleep See also somnambulism

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ˈˌɲ쾱Բ noun
  • ˈˌɲ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sleepwalk1

First recorded in 1920–25; back formation from sleepwalking
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Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

When the inquiry met in Belfast last May she rejected suggestions the executive had "sleepwalked" during the pandemic.

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He reluctantly pulled out of the race and “watched his party sleepwalk toward disaster.”

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It was so hard, I ended up sleepwalking.

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"We've been sleepwalking into this as a nation for quite some time," he says.

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I think this is the space where a lot of our leaders and regular voters are sleepwalking.

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