sleepwalk
verb
sleep·walk ˈslēp-ˌwȯk 
sleepwalked; sleepwalking; sleepwalks
intransitive verb
1
: to walk while or as if while asleep
2
: to proceed in a passive often lethargic manner
sleepwalked through the workday
sleepwalk noun
sleepwalker
ˈslēp-ˌwȯ-kər
noun 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The imperative to act on our humanness—to refuse to sleepwalk, to refuse to get stuck—grows out of the scholarship. 
Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 11 July 2022 This is a great time not to sleepwalk into any gender roles. Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 5 July 2022 The world managed to sleepwalk into the slaughter of that first Great War, which claimed more than 15 million lives. Kevin Rudd, Time, 4 Apr. 2022 The stream encourages us to sleepwalk into apathy, distrustful of everything. David Robert Grimes, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2022 And the Ravens had every reason to sleepwalk through Sunday’s game. BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2021 There’s very few that can sleepwalk their way through the season and then turn it on for the playoffs. Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 13 Oct. 2021 Even just watching their kids sleepwalk through months of scholastic gloom and Zoom has given parents reason enough to be concerned. Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2021 Ayton has been a productive center for the Suns, who by now probably should have been able to sleepwalk his way to 20 points a night. Morten Jensen, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021 See More
Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 11 July 2022 This is a great time not to sleepwalk into any gender roles. Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 5 July 2022 The world managed to sleepwalk into the slaughter of that first Great War, which claimed more than 15 million lives. Kevin Rudd, Time, 4 Apr. 2022 The stream encourages us to sleepwalk into apathy, distrustful of everything. David Robert Grimes, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2022 And the Ravens had every reason to sleepwalk through Sunday’s game. BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2021 There’s very few that can sleepwalk their way through the season and then turn it on for the playoffs. Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 13 Oct. 2021 Even just watching their kids sleepwalk through months of scholastic gloom and Zoom has given parents reason enough to be concerned. Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2021 Ayton has been a productive center for the Suns, who by now probably should have been able to sleepwalk his way to 20 points a night. Morten Jensen, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
sleepwalk
verb
sleep·walk ˈslēp-ˌwȯk
sleepwalked; sleepwalking
: to walk about while asleep
sleepwalker
noun
as in nightwalker
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- nightwalker
- noctambulist
- night rider
- nighthawk
- nightclubber
- pub crawler
- night owl
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- early bird