sleepeat

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A form of sleep-eat — To eat in one's sleep; to eat while asleep.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

verbsleepeat (third-person singular simple present sleepeats, present participle sleepeating, simple past sleepate, past participle sleepeaten)

present singular third person sleepeats · participle present sleepeating · past sleepate · participle past sleepeaten

  1. alternativeAlternative form of sleep-eat.

    Damn it, sleepwalking again. Well hold on a sec (glance down at the counter), make that sleepeating too.

    2013, Ryan Neumann, What Had Happened, →ISBN
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    In addition, there were also episodes of sleepwalking, sometimes aimlessly, and sometimes in connection with sleepeating when he would go to the kitchen and snack on readily available food.

    1999, John Money, The Lovemap Guidebook: A Definitive Statement, →ISBN, page 144

    Based on the results of the Albany Sleep Problems Scale (ASPS), you should discuss whether the child is experiencing sleepwalking (or related events such as sleeptalking or sleepeating), sleeping at the wrong times, or excessive sleepiness.

    2008, V. Mark Durand, When Children Don't Sleep Well: Interventions for Pediatric Sleep Disorders, Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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