Sleeper - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈsliːpər|
Brit.
|ˈsliːpə|
noun
- a rester who is sleeping
- 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
- an unexpected achiever of success
- pajamas with feet; worn by children
- a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed
- tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
- an unexpected hit
- 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
- an unexpected achiever of success
the winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it
- one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track (syn: tie)the British call a railroad tie a sleeper
- a passenger car that has berths for sleeping (syn: wagon-lit)- pajamas with feet; worn by children
- a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed
- tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
- an unexpected hit
that movie was the sleeper of the summer
Extra examples
Sleepers were awakened by the sound of a loud crash.
He may turn out to be the sleeper in this year's election.
The movie was the summer's sleeper.
The movie became the sleeper hit of the summer.
That low-budget film became the summer's sleeper.
...though it has no well-known actors in it, the movie has become the sleeper hit of the summer...
I popped a couple of sleeper tablets.
She's quite a light sleeper.
Word forms
noun
singular: sleeper
plural: sleepers
singular: sleeper
plural: sleepers
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