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sleepwalk

/ˌslipˈwɔk/
/ˈslipwɔk/
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Other forms: sleepwalking; sleepwalks; sleepwalked

To sleepwalk is to walk around despite being sound asleep. If you wake up outside in your PJ's, then, chances are, you were sleepwalking.

A fancier word for sleepwalk is sonamubulate, and the act of sleepwalking is known as sonambulism by doctors who study and treat sleep disorders. It's considered a disorder to sleepwalk because normally your sleeping brain keeps you from performing actions like walking (even when you dream that you're walking). In Shakespeare's play Macbeth, there is a famous scene in which Lady Macbeth sleepwalks because of her guilty conscience.

Definitions of sleepwalk
  1. verb
    walk in one's sleep
    synonyms: somnambulate
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    type of:
    walk
    use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
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