SLEEP TALKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sleep talking mean? 

• SLEEP TALKING (noun)
  The noun SLEEP TALKING has 1 sense:

1. uttering speech while asleep

  Familiarity information: SLEEP TALKING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLEEP TALKING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Uttering speech while asleep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

sleep talking; somniloquism; somniloquy

Hypernyms ("sleep talking" is a kind of...):

sleeping (the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate)

process; unconscious process (a mental process that you are not directly aware of)

 Context examples 

An abnormal disruption of sleep, such as sleep walking, sleep talking, nightmares, bedwetting, sleep apnea (problems with breathing that cause loud snoring), or nighttime seizures.

(Parasomnia, NCI Dictionary)