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Noun: sleeper sleepu(r)- A rester who is sleeping
- slumberer, snoozer - A spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal
- An unexpected achiever of success
"the winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it" - [Brit] One of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
"the British call a railway tie a sleeper"
- tie [N. Amer], railroad tie [N. Amer], crosstie [N. Amer] - A passenger car that has berths for sleeping
- sleeping car, wagon-lit - Pyjamas with feet; worn by children
- A piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed
- Tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
- sleeper goby - An unexpected hit
"that movie was the sleeper of the summer"
Derived forms: sleepers See also: sleep Type of: achiever, article of furniture, bang, brace, bracing, carriage, coach, diversionist, furniture, hit, jammies [N. Amer], jim-jams [Brit], pajama, passenger car, percoid, percoid fish, percoidean, piece of furniture, pj's, pyjama, rester, saboteur, sizzler, smash, smasher, spy, strike, succeeder, success, terrorist, undercover agent, winner, wrecker Part of: Eleotridae, family Eleotridae, railroad [N. Amer], railroad track [N. Amer], railway [Brit, Cdn], railway track [Brit, Cdn], sleeper nest Encyclopedia: Sleeper Sleeper, Missouri |