halfsleep

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noun

State between being awake and being asleep; light sleep.

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Meanings

nounhalfsleep (usually uncountable, plural halfsleeps)

plural halfsleeps

  1. uncountableusuallyState between being awake and being asleep; light sleep.

    Nick found Judah still out on the floor next to the open and emptied safe. Winded and slobbering in a halfsleep.

    2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 55, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 269
adjectivehalfsleep (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn halfsleep.

Origin

From half- + sleep.

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Translations

Catalan entreson
  • entresonstate between being awake and being asleep
German Halbschlaf
  • Halbschlafstate between being awake and being asleep
Hungarian félálom
  • félálomstate between being awake and being asleep
Italian dormiveglia
  • dormivegliastate between being awake and being asleep
Polish półsen
  • półsenstate between being awake and being asleep
Russian полусон
  • полусон (poluson)state between being awake and being asleep
Spanish duermevela
  • duermevelastate between being awake and being asleep
Tamil அரைத்தூக்கம்
  • அரைத்தூக்கம் (araittūkkam)state between being awake and being asleep
Cite this entry
APA

halfsleep. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/halfsleep

MLA

“halfsleep.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/halfsleep. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “halfsleep,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/halfsleep.

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