You know what it looks like… but what is it called?
TAKE THE QUIZnight terror
noun
: a sudden awakening in dazed terror that occurs in children during slow-wave sleep, is often preceded by a sudden shrill cry uttered in sleep, and is not remembered when the child awakes
—usually used in plural
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- I went to the ______ store to buy a birthday card.
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