🌟 잠꼬대

  Noun  

1. 잠을 자면서 자기도 모르게 하는 헛소리.

1. SOMNILOQUY: Meaningless words that one says while asleep.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 특이한 잠꼬대.
    Unusual sleeper talk.
  • 잠꼬대 소리.
    The sound of sleep talking.
  • 잠꼬대가 심하다.
    He's a heavy sleeper.
  • 잠꼬대를 내뱉다.
    Spit out one's sleep talk.
  • 잠꼬대로 말하다.
    Speak in one's sleep.
  • 지수는 자면서 자꾸 알아들을 수 없는 잠꼬대를 했다.
    Jisoo kept talking in her sleep that she couldn't understand.
  • 나는 동생의 잠꼬대 때문에 잠을 한숨도 자지 못했다.
    I couldn't sleep a wink because of my brother's sleep talking.
  • 어제 너 잠꼬대를 심하게 하더라.
    You talked too much in your sleep last night.
    자면서 계속 무서운 꿈을 꿔서 그랬나 봐.
    Maybe it's because i kept having scary dreams in my sleep.

2. (비유적으로) 이치에 맞지 않는 엉뚱한 말.

2. SILLY TALK; NONSENSE: (figurative) An absurd remark that is not reasonable.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 한낱 잠꼬대.
    A mere sleeper talk.
  • 잠꼬대 같은 이야기.
    Sleep talking.
  • 잠꼬대를 비웃다.
    Laugh at his sleep talking.
  • 잠꼬대로 여기다.
    Regard as sleep talking.
  • 잠꼬대에 지나지 않다.
    It's nothing more than sleep talking.
  • 지수가 하는 앞뒤도 맞지 않는 말은 한낱 잠꼬대에 지나지 않았다.
    What ji-su said was nothing more than sleep talking.
  • 내가 아무리 사실을 말해도 친구들은 우스운 잠꼬대처럼 생각했다.
    No matter how much i told the truth, my friends thought like a funny sleeper.
  • 네가 형에게 먼저 사과를 하는 게 좋겠어.
    You'd better apologize to your brother first.
    무슨 잠꼬대 같은 소리야? 나는 아무 잘못도 안 했어.
    What are you talking about? i didn't do anything wrong.

🗣️ Pronunciation, Application: 잠꼬대 (잠꼬대)
📚 Derivative: 잠꼬대하다: 잠을 자면서 자기도 모르게 헛소리를 하다., (비유적으로) 이치에 맞지 않는…
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