SLEEPER

sleeper

(noun) an unexpected hit; “that movie was the sleeper of the summer”

sleeper, sleeper goby

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

sleeper

(noun) a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed

sleeper

(noun) pajamas with feet; worn by children

tie, railroad tie, crosstie, sleeper

(noun) one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; “the British call a railroad tie a sleeper”

sleeper, slumberer

(noun) a rester who is sleeping

sleeper

(noun) an unexpected achiever of success; “the winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it”

sleeper

(noun) 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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

sleeper (plural sleepers)

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.

Synonym: sleeper hit

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.

Antonyms: cop magnet, rice burner, racecar

(slang) A sedative.

Synonyms

• (goby-like fish): sleeper goby

Coordinate terms

• (clothing): sleepsack

Verb

sleeper (third-person singular simple present sleepers, present participle sleepering, simple past and past participle sleepered)

(rare) To mark a calf by cutting its ear.

Etymology 2

Noun

sleeper (plural sleepers)

(rail transport, British) A railroad tie.

Synonym: tie (US)

(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.

Anagrams

• Leepers, Peelers, peelers, repeels

Proper noun

Sleeper (plural Sleepers)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sleeper is the 12012^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2599 individuals. Sleeper is most common among White (90.0%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Leepers, Peelers, peelers, repeels

Source: Wiktionary

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Sleep"er, n.

1. One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person.

2. That which lies dormant, as a law. [Obs.] Bacon.

3. A sleeping car. [Colloq. U.S.]

4. (Zoöl.)

Definition: An animal that hibernates, as the bear.

5. (Zoöl.) (a) A large fresh-water gobioid fish (Eleotris dormatrix). (b) A nurse shark. See under Nurse.

Sleep"er, n. Etym: [Cf. Norw. sleip a sleeper (a timber), as adj., slippery, smooth. See Slape.]

Definition: Something lying in a reclining posture or position. Specifically: -- (a) One of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the level of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to steady framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a stringpiece. (b) One of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story. [U.S.] (c) (Naut.) One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter. (d) (Naut. ) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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