sleeper

sleep·er  (slpr)

n.

1. One that sleeps: a heavy sleeper who was not wakened by the burglar.

2. A sleeping car.

3. Children's pajamas, usually with legs that cover the feet. Often used in the plural.

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 usually small marine and freshwater fishes of the family Eleotridae, related to the gobies but lacking a sucking disk and noted for their habit of lying immobile.

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sleeper

Noun

1. a railway sleeping car or compartment

2. one of the blocks supporting the rails on a railway track

3. a small plain gold ring worn in a pierced ear lobe to prevent the hole from closing up

4. Informal a person or thing that achieves success after an initial period of obscurity

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sleeper - a rester who is sleeping slumberer dreamer - someone who is dreaming rester - a person who rests Rip van Winkle - a person who sleeps a lot sleeping beauty - a person who is sleeping soundly noctambulist, sleepwalker, somnambulist - someone who walks about in their sleep snorer - someone who snores while sleeping somniloquist - someone who talks while asleep
	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 act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear sleeper nest - a nest of sleepers awaiting a prearranged signal; "sleeper nests of Islamic terrorists were capable of launching major attacks in Europe" diversionist, saboteur, wrecker - someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks spy, undercover agent - (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors terrorist - a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities
	3.	sleeper - an unexpected achiever of success; "the winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it" achiever, succeeder, winner, success - a person with a record of successes; "his son would never be the achiever that his father was"; "only winners need apply"; "if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success"
	4.	sleeper - one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" crosstie, railroad tie, tie bracing, brace - a structural member used to stiffen a framework railroad track, railway, railroad - a line of track providing a runway for wheels; "he walked along the railroad track"
	5.	sleeper - a passenger car that has berths for sleeping sleeping car, wagon-lit drawing room - a private compartment on a sleeping car with three bunks and a toilet carriage, passenger car, coach - a railcar where passengers ride roomette - a small private compartment for one on a sleeping car
	6.	sleeper - pajamas with feet; worn by children jammies, pj's, pyjama, pajama - (usually plural) loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a jacket top and trousers
	7.	sleeper - a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed article of furniture, furniture, piece of furniture - furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy; "they had too much furniture for the small apartment"; "there was only one piece of furniture in the room"
	8.	sleeper - tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water sleeper goby percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes Eleotridae, family Eleotridae - sleepers
	9.	sleeper - an unexpected hit; "that movie was the sleeper of the summer" hit, smasher, smash, bang, strike - a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang" figure of speech, trope, image, figure - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

Translations

sleeper [ˈsliːpəʳ] n (person) → durmiente m/f;

(BRIT) (RAIL) (on track) → traviesa: (train) → coche-cama m

sleeper [ˈsliːpəʳ] sleep n (= person) → dormeur/euse;

(Brit) (Rail) (on track) → traverse f: (= train); train-couchettes m: (= carriage); wagon-lits m, voiture-lits f: (= berth); couchette f

sleeper [ˈsliːpəʳ] sleep n (train) → Schlafwagenzug m;

(berth) → Platz m im Schlafwagen;

(Brit) (on track) → Schwelle f;

(person) → Schläfer(in) m(f)

sleeper [ˈsliːpəʳ] n (person) → dormiente m/f;

(BRIT ) (RAIL) (on track) → traversina: (train) → treno di vagoni letto