sleepwalk
Definition
- Verb:
- To walk while asleep: To perform the act of walking or other complex behaviors while in a state of sleep, typically during a stage of deep sleep. This is a specific type of parasomnia.
Usage
- The verb "sleepwalk" describes an involuntary action. It is typically used in the simple past or present perfect tenses to describe a specific incident.
- It is an intransitive verb; it does not take a direct object. You cannot "sleepwalk something."
- Example:
Examples
- Verb:
- The doctor said some children sleepwalk during deep sleep.
- Last night, I sleepwalked into the kitchen without waking up.
- She has been known to sleepwalk on rare occasions.
Advanced Usage
- "to sleepwalk through something" (idiomatic): To go through an activity or period in a dazed, unthinking, or unresponsive manner, as if asleep.
- After the bad news, he just sleepwalked through his workday.
- The team sleepwalked through the first half of the game.
Variants and Related Words
- Sleepwalker (noun): A person who walks while asleep.
- The sleepwalker was gently guided back to bed.
- Sleepwalking (noun/gerund): The activity or condition of walking while asleep.
- Sleepwalking is more common in children than adults.
Synonyms
- Somnambulate (verb): A formal, technical synonym for sleepwalk.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- "Like a sleepwalker": Behaving in a slow, dazed, or automatic manner.
- Exhausted, she moved around the house like a sleepwalker.
Verb
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walk in one's sleep
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