halfsleep

English

Etymology

half- +‎ sleep

Noun

halfsleep (plural halfsleeps)

  1. State of between being awake and asleep at the same time; light sleep.
    • 2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 55, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 269:
      Nick found Judah still out on the floor next to the open and emptied safe. Winded and slobbering in a halfsleep.

Adjective

halfsleep (not comparable)

  1. In halfsleep.

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