sleeper
IPA: sɫˈipɝ
noun
- Someone who sleeps.
- That which lies dormant, as a law.
- A spy, saboteur, or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell.
- A small starter earring, worn to prevent a piercing from closing.
- A railway sleeping car.
- (martial arts, wrestling) A sleeper hold.
- Something that achieves unexpected success after an interval of time.
- A goby-like bottom-feeding freshwater fish of the family Odontobutidae.
- A nurse shark (family Ginglymostomatidae).
- A type of pajama for a person, especially a child, that covers the whole body, including the feet.
- (slang) An automobile which has been internally modified to excess, while retaining a mostly stock appearance in order to fool opponents in a drag race, or to avoid the attention of the police.
- (slang) A sedative.
- (slang, gambling) A bet placed on the gambling table and then forgotten about by the gambler.
- (science fiction) A pod or similar device containing a person in cryosleep.
- (rail transport, Britain) A railroad tie.
- (carpentry) A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joists beneath and floorboards above.
- (nautical) A heavy floor timber in a ship's bottom.
- (nautical) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.
- A surname.
verb
- (rare) To mark a calf by cutting its ear.
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Examples of "sleeper" in Sentences
- There are three sleepers in the room.
- It is protecting the health of the sleeper.
- They do not meet the definition of the sleeper.
- A sleeper applies pressure to the sides of the neck.
- The sleeper, Leon, is the main character of the game.
- The members of the genus are commonly known as sleepers.
- During the nightmare, the sleeper may moan and move slightly.
- It drives away tiredness and brings sweet dreams to the sleeper.
- Note in the baseplates and clips are used to affix the rail to the sleeper.
- A new section is needed on the shoe that goes between the rail and the sleeper.
- But we're learning more and more that there is what they call a sleeper effect to divorce.
- The term sleeper has simply taken on a new meaning and sleepers themselves are a bit harder to find.
- Four years after that FBI report was written, the word sleeper moved from spookspeak jargon into the general language.
- I've been looking and looking and all I can find for the Caledonia sleeper is the listing sandwiches, snacks, and a full British menu.
- But for Red Line's money, the true definition of a sleeper is a guy who won't get selected that high but has a chance to develop into one of the better players at his position in the draft.
- But for Red Line's money, the true definition of a sleeper is a guy who probably won't get selected that high, but has a chance to develop into one of the better players at his position in the draft.
- You what we call a sleeper troll, writing all these pro-Obama, pro-liberal comments to make the community think you're one of them, and then wham! you hit us with the brillance of the Repub philosophy.