any long wooden, metal, or stone piece lying horizontally as a sill or footing.
any of a number of wooden pieces, laid upon the ground or upon masonry or concrete, to which floorboards are nailed.
a sleeping car.
Informal. something or someone that becomes unexpectedly successful or important after a period of being unnoticed, ignored, or considered unpromising or a failure: The play was the sleeper of the season.
merchandise that is not quickly sold because its value is not immediately recognized.
Often sleepers.one-piece or two-piece pajamas with feet, especially for children.
bunting3.
a sofa, chair, or other piece of furniture that is designed to open up or unfold into a bed; convertible.
Also called sleep, sand. a globule that forms at the inner corner of the eye, especially during sleep, from the accumulated secretion of the glands of the eyelid.
any of several gobioid fishes of the family Eleotridae, of tropical seas, most species of which have the habit of resting quietly on the bottom.
Slang. a spy; mole.
Slang. a juvenile delinquent sentenced to serve more than nine months.
Bowling. a pin that is hidden from view by another pin.
Chiefly British. a timber or beam laid in a railroad track, serving as a foundation or support for the rails; tie.
Origin of sleeper
Middle English word dating back to 1175–1225; see origin at sleep, -er1
Hollywood might possibly fear North Korean sleeper cells capable of blowing up theaters that screen anti-Nork films.
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But faced with a sleeper hit, HBO shockingly did not quite feel the same way.
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Sam Brownback—The Kansas Governor might be the sleeper in this race to crazy.
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For a presidential race, McCrary says Georgia will probably look like a true swing state in 2020 and could be a sleeper in 2016.
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He is also the author of two acclaimed thrillers: Innocent Blood and The Sleeper.
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The French boy aimed a blow at the third sleeper, and the two captives escaped.
Canada: the Empire of the North|Agnes C. Laut
He hopes that it will startle some sleeper so that they will move.
The Burgess Animal Book for Children|Thornton W. Burgess
The sleeper was aroused, and then light shone through the crevices.
The Voodoo Gold Trail|Walter Walden
How often may such stimuli incite the sleeper to dream without his knowing of them afterward?
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis|Sigmund Freud
Roger Congreve returned just before twelve, and found Olive sitting alone by the sleeper, and his wrath was fully equal to hers.
Six Girls|Fannie Belle Irving
British Dictionary definitions for sleeper
sleeper
/ (ˈsliːpə) /
noun
a person, animal, or thing that sleeps
a railway sleeping car or compartment
Britishone of the blocks supporting the rails on a railway trackUS and Canadian equivalent: tie
a heavy timber beam, esp one that is laid horizontally on the ground
mainlyBritisha small plain gold circle worn in a pierced ear lobe to prevent the hole from closing up
a wrestling hold in which a wrestler presses the sides of his opponent's neck, causing him to pass out
USan unbranded calf
Also called: sleeper gobyany gobioid fish of the family Eleotridae, of brackish or fresh tropical waters, resembling the gobies but lacking a ventral sucker
informala person or thing that achieves unexpected success after an initial period of obscurity
a spy planted in advance for future use, but not currently active