sleepwalkv.
intransitive. To walk while asleep; to be in a state resembling that of a sleepwalker. Also figurative.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > sleep-walk
to walk in one's sleep1596
walka1616
somnambulize1832
somnambulate1833
sleepwalk1923
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > in sleep
somnambulize1832
somnambulate1833
sleepwalk1923
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > have stupor or coma [verb (intransitive)] > sleep-walk
to walk in one's sleep1596
walka1616
somnambulize1832
somnambulate1833
sleepwalk1923
1923 in Englische Studien (1935) LXX. 119 The heroine sleep-walks.
1954 Gramophone XXXI. 445 She sleep~walks noisily, but with dramatic vigour.
1976 E. O'Brien in New Yorker 16 Aug. 30/1 Every night Mrs. Reinhardt sleepwalked.
1981 I. McEwan Comfort of Strangers i. 18 She sleepwalked from moment to moment, and whole months slipped by without memory, without bearing the faintest imprint of her conscious will.
1982 Daily Tel. 21 Dec. 4/6 Mr Reagan..accused Congress of ‘sleep~walking’ into the future.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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