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sleepwalker - 4 dictionary results

sleep⋅walk⋅ing

[sleep-waw-king]
–noun
1. the act or state of walking, eating, or performing other motor acts while asleep, of which one is unaware upon awakening; somnambulism.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to the state of walking while asleep; somnambulistic.

Origin:
1790–1800; sleep + walking


sleepwalker, noun
sleep·walk   (slēp'wôk')   
intr.v.   sleep·walked, sleep·walk·ing, sleep·walks
To walk or perform other motor acts while asleep; somnambulate.

[Back-formation from sleepwalking.]
sleep'walk'er n.

Sleepwalker

Sleep"walk`er\, n. One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist.

Main Entry: sleep·walk·er
Pronunciation: 'slEp-"wo-k&r
Function: noun
: one who is subject to somnambulism : one who walks whilesleeping called also somnambulistsleep·walk /-"wok/ intransitive verb
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