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- [sleep-wawk]
- /ˈslipˌwɔk/
- /ˈsliːpˌwɔː.kər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sleep-wawk]
- /ˈslipˌwɔk/
Definitions of sleepwalk word
- verb without object sleepwalk to engage in sleepwalking. 1
- noun sleepwalk an act of sleepwalking; somnambulation. 1
- verb sleepwalk If someone is sleepwalking, they are walking around while they are asleep. 0
- verb sleepwalk to walk while asleep 0
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Origin of sleepwalk
First appearance:
before 1920 One of the 12% newest English words
First recorded in 1920-25; back formation from sleepwalking
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Sleepwalk
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sleepwalk popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
sleepwalk usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with sleepwalk
- why do people sleepwalk?
- how to sleepwalk?
- why do we sleepwalk?
- why do kids sleepwalk?
- why do i sleepwalk?
- why do you sleepwalk?
- what does it mean when you sleepwalk?
- what causes kids to sleepwalk?
- how do we sleepwalk?
- why does lady macbeth sleepwalk?
- people who sleepwalk?
- kids who sleepwalk?
- why do people sleepwalk and sleep talk?
- who wrote sleepwalk?
- how to play sleepwalk?
See also
Matching words
- Words starting with s
- Words starting with sl
- Words starting with sle
- Words starting with slee
- Words starting with sleep
- Words starting with sleepw
- Words starting with sleepwa
- Words starting with sleepwal
- Words starting with sleepwalk