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Sleeper meaning in English

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Sleeper

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Noun

1. sleeper, slumberer

a rester who is sleeping

2. sleeper

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

3. sleeper

an unexpected achiever of success

Example Sentences:
'the winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it'

4. crosstie, railroad tie, sleeper, tie

one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track

Example Sentences:
'the British call a railroad tie a sleeper'

5. sleeper, sleeping car, wagon-lit

a passenger car that has berths for sleeping

6. sleeper

pajamas with feet; worn by children

7. sleeper

a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed

8. sleeper, sleeper goby

tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water

9. sleeper

an unexpected hit

Example Sentences:
'that movie was the sleeper of the summer'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Sleeper

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noun
1. 
a person, animal, or thing that sleeps
2. 
a railway sleeping car or compartment
3. British
one of the blocks supporting the rails on a railway track
. US and Canadian equivalent: tie
4. 
a heavy timber beam, esp one that is laid horizontally on the ground
5. mainly British
a small plain gold circle worn in a pierced ear lobe to prevent the hole from closing up
6. 
a wrestling hold in which a wrestler presses the sides of an opponent's neck, causing them to pass out
7. US
an unbranded calf
8. Also called: sleeper goby
any gobioid fish of the family Eleotridae, of brackish or fresh tropical waters, resembling the gobies but lacking a ventral sucker
9. informal
a person or thing that achieves unexpected success after an initial period of obscurity
10. 
a spy planted in advance for future use, but not currently active

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Sleeper

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noun
1. 
a person or animal that sleeps, esp. as specified
a sound sleeper
2. 
a timber or beam laid horizontally, as on the ground, to support something above it
3.  Chiefly British
a tie supporting a railroad track
4.  US
sleeping car
5.  US
a previously disregarded person or thing that unexpectedly achieves success, assumes importance, etc.
6.  Slang
mole2 (sense 2)
7.  US
a.  [usually pl.]
a kind of pajamas for infants and young children, that enclose the feet
b. 
bunting1 (sense 3)
8.  US, Bowling
a pin concealed by one in front of it, in bowling for a spare

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Sleeper

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n.
1. One that sleeps: a heavy sleeper who was not wakened by the burglar.
2. A sleeping car.
3. often sleepers Children's pajamas, usually with legs that cover the feet.
4.
a. One that achieves unexpected recognition or success, as a racehorse or movie.
b. A spy or saboteur who is planted in an enemy country and who lives unobtrusively as a citizen of that country until activated into clandestine operations by a prearranged signal.
5. A horizontal structural member on or near the ground that supports weight.
6. Chiefly British A railroad crosstie.
7. Any of various chiefly tropical fishes of the family Eleotridae of fresh, brackish, and shallow marine waters, resembling the gobies but without fused pelvic fins and noted for their habit of lying immobile.

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