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sleepwalking

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sleep·walk·ing  (slpkng)
n.
The act or an instance of walking or performing another activity associated with wakefulness while asleep or in a sleeplike state. Also called noctambulism, somnambulism.
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Noun1.sleepwalking - walking by a person who is asleepsleepwalking - walking by a person who is asleep    
walk, walking - the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise"
sleeping - the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate

sleepwalking
noun somnambulism, noctambulation, noctambulism, somnambulation When she was stressed, her sleepwalking started up again.
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sleepwalking [ˈsliːpˌwɔːkɪŋ] Nsonambulismo m
sleepwalking [ˈsliːpˌwɔːkɪŋ] nsonnambulismo


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Byline: EUAN STRETCH A DAUGHTER who allegedly tried to smother her mum for snoring walked free yesterday - after the judge heard she was sleepwalking at the time.
It's like a form of sleepwalking, only you don't sleepwalk, you have sex," she said.
Byline: By ROB KENNEDY CHARGES against a sex suspect were dropped - because he was sleepwalking at the time.
 
 
 
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