sleep talking

/slip tɔkɪŋ/
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Definitions of sleep talking
  1. noun
    uttering speech while asleep
    synonyms: somniloquism, somniloquy
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    type of:
    sleeping
    the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate
    process, unconscious process
    a mental process that you are not directly aware of
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