sleep·er (sl  p r)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. |
sleeper [ˈsliːpə]
n
1. a person, animal, or thing that sleeps
2. (Transport / Railways) a railway sleeping car or compartment
3. (Transport / Railways) Brit one of the blocks supporting the rails on a railway track US and Canadian equivalent tie
4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a heavy timber beam, esp one that is laid horizontally on the ground
5. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Jewellery) Chiefly Brit a small plain gold circle worn in a pierced ear lobe to prevent the hole from closing up
6. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Wrestling) a wrestling hold in which a wrestler presses the sides of his opponent's neck, causing him to pass out
7. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) US an unbranded calf
8. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) 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. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a spy planted in advance for future use, but not currently active
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | sleeper - a rester who is sleeping 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 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" 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" | |
| 4. |  sleeper - one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper"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 sleepingdrawing room - a private compartment on a sleeping car with three bunks and a toilet roomette - a small private compartment for one on a sleeping car | |
| 6. | sleeper - pajamas with feet; worn by children | |
| 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 Eleotridae, family Eleotridae - sleepers | |
| 9. | sleeper - an unexpected hit; "that movie was the sleeper of the summer" |
Translations
sleeper [ˈsliːpəʳ] N
1. (= person) → durmiente mf
2. (fig) (= spy) espía emplazado en un objetivo, pero sin misión concreta o que aún no es operativo
to be a heavy/light sleeper → tener el sueño pesado/ligero
to be a good/poor sleeper → dormir bien/mal
to be a heavy/light sleeper → tener el sueño pesado/ligero
to be a good/poor sleeper → dormir bien/mal
3. (Brit) (Rail) (on track) → traviesa f, durmiente m; (= berth) → litera f; (= compartment) → camarín m, alcoba f; (= coach) → coche-cama m
4. (esp Brit) (= earring) → arete m
sleeper [ˈsliːpər] n
(= person) → dormeur/euse m/f
to be a good sleeper
Her first baby was not a good sleeper → Son premier bébé dormait mal.
to be a light sleeper → avoir le sommeil léger
I'm a light sleeper → J'ai le sommeil léger.
to be a good sleeper
Her first baby was not a good sleeper → Son premier bébé dormait mal.
to be a light sleeper → avoir le sommeil léger
I'm a light sleeper → J'ai le sommeil léger.
(British) (on rail track) → traverse f
(= train) → train-couchettes m
(= sleeping carriage) → wagon-lits m, voiture-lits f
(= berth) → couchette f
sleeper
n
(= person) → Schlafende(r) mf, → Schläfer(in) m(f); to be a heavy/light sleeper → einen festen/leichten Schlaf haben
(Brit Rail: = on track) → Schwelle f
(Brit Rail: = train) → Schlafwagenzug m; (= coach) → Schlafwagen m; (= berth) → Platz m → im Schlafwagen; I’ve booked a sleeper → ich habe Schlafwagen gebucht
(esp Brit: = earring) einfacher Ohrring, der das Zuwachsen des Loches im Ohrläppchen verhindern soll
(= spy) → abgeschalteter Agent, abgeschaltete Agentin
(= terrorist) → Schläfer m
sleepers pl (US: = child’s pyjamas) → einteiliger Schlafanzug
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