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sleeper
[ slee-per ]
noun
- a person or thing that sleeps.
- a heavy horizontal timber for distributing loads.
- Building Trades.
- 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.
- a sofa, chair, or other piece of furniture that is designed to open up or unfold into a bed; convertible.
- 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.
sleeper
/ ˈsliːpə /
noun
- a person, animal, or thing that sleeps
- a railway sleeping car or compartment
- one of the blocks supporting the rails on a railway track US and Canadian equivalenttie
- a heavy timber beam, esp one that is laid horizontally on the ground
- a 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
- an unbranded calf
- Also calledsleeper goby any gobioid fish of the family Eleotridae, of brackish or fresh tropical waters, resembling the gobies but lacking a ventral sucker
- informal.a 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
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
While London continues to have the highest number of rough sleepers, the problem is growing faster in the rest of England, the Ministry of Housing data shows.
And somewhere in the province’s desert shadowlands, Islamic State sleeper cells await their chance.
The rise of these slow-burning sleeper hits in recent years is "one of the most fascinating trends right now", says Stuart Dredge, head of insight at Music Ally.
IS, which remains active in Syria through both operatives and sleeper cells, has declared its ongoing jihad in the country and denounced the HTS-led rebel authority as "apostates" allegedly brought to power by "infidel" forces.
The department also said that “a lot” of reforms have taken place since 2007 and that the jails “have not had floor sleepers due to a lack of housing in many years.”
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