sleepwalk
/ˈsliːpwɔːk
/verb [no object]
1Walk around and sometimes perform other actions while asleep: apparently, people who sleepwalk often make for the wardrobe...
- Have you ever sleepwalked? No, not that i know of.
- During a week-long trial, the defendant told the jury of his family's history of sleepwalking - he, his mother, two aunts and a cousin have all sleepwalked.
- I sleepwalked around the house in my pajamas, barely talking to my parents.
Synonyms
somnambulism, noctambulism
rare somnambulation, noctambulation, nightwalking
1.1Engage in an activity without interest, enthusiasm, or awareness of the possible consequences: we are sleepwalking into a surveillance society...
- Arroyo is not highly rated, often accused of sleep walking through a role.
- In a familiar Double Indemnity type love triangle the hero sleepwalks into murder.
- Unfortunately, he did not follow up by resigning, along with the rest of the board who have sleepwalked to disaster.
noun
An instance of sleepwalking: the longer a sleepwalk lasts, the nearer the person comes to a state of wakefulness...
- At first the route was a struggle, but it quickly came to resemble a sleepwalk.
Derivatives
sleepwalker
/ noun ...- She, her two older sisters and her nephew had all been sleepwalkers.
- He was a sleepwalker as a kid, and broke his ankle falling out a second story window.
- It is important to realize that sleepwalkers are actually sleeping.
Synonyms
somnambulist, noctambulist
rare nightwalker