Definitions for sleeper
ˈsli pərsleep·er

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sleeper, slumberernoun

   a rester who is sleeping

2. sleepernoun

   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

3. sleepernoun

   an unexpected achiever of success

   "the winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it"

4. tie, railroad tie, crosstie, sleepernoun

   one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track

   "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper"

5. sleeping car, sleeper, wagon-litnoun

   a passenger car that has berths for sleeping

6. sleepernoun

   pajamas with feet; worn by children

7. sleepernoun

   a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed

8. sleeper, sleeper gobynoun

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

9. sleepernoun

   an unexpected hit

   "that movie was the sleeper of the summer"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sleepernoun

   Someone who sleeps.

2. sleepernoun

   A saboteur or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell.

3. sleepernoun

   A railroad sleeping car.

   We spent a night on an uncomfortable sleeper between Athens and Vienna.

4. sleepernoun

   A railroad tie.

5. sleepernoun

   A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joists beneath and floorboards above.

6. sleepernoun

   A heavy floor timber in a ship's bottom.

7. sleepernoun

   Something that achieves unexpected success after an interval of time.

   A box-office bomb when it first came out, the film was a sleeper, becoming much more popular decades after being released.

8. sleepernoun

   A goby-like bottom-feeding freshwater fish of the family Odontobutidae. Also "sleeper goby."

9. sleepernoun

   A type of pajama for a person, especially a child, that covers its whole body, including their feet.

   Aaron, Devin, and Laura looked so comfy in their sleepers.

10. sleepernoun

    An automobile which, not too quick out of the factory has been internally modified to excess, while retaining a mostly stock appearance in order to fool opponents in a drag race.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sleepernoun

   Etymology: from sleep.

   1. One who sleeps; one who is not awake.

   Sound musick; come my queen, take hand with me,
   And rock the ground whereon these sleepers be. William Shakespeare.

   What’s the business,
   That such an hideous trumpet calls to parley
   The sleepers of the house? William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   In some countries, a plant which shutteth in the night, openeth in the morning, and openeth wide at noon; the inhabitants say is a plant that sleepeth. There be sleepers enow then; for almost all flowers do the like. Francis Bacon.

   Night is indeed the province of his reign;
   Yet all his dark exploits no more contain
   Than a spy taken, and a sleeper slain. Dryden.

   He must be no great eater, drinker, nor sleeper, that will discipline his senses, and exert his mind: every worthy undertaking requires both. Nehemiah Grew.

   2. A lazy inactive drone.3. That which lies dormant, or without effect.

   Let penal laws, if they have been sleepers of long, or if grown unfit for the present time, be by wise judges confined in the execution. Francis Bacon.

   4.A fish. Robert Ainsworth

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1. sleeper

   A sleeper refers to multiple definitions based on different contexts: 1. In general, a sleeper is a person who is asleep or someone who is sleeping. 2. In sports, it is a term used to describe a player or team that is less known or underrated but could unexpectedly perform well or succeed. 3. In entertainment like movies or music, it refers to a product that may not have been initially successful or recognized, but gradually gains popularity or commercial success over time. 4. In vehicles, a sleeper is a car that looks ordinary from the outside but is equipped with high-performance parts on the inside. 5. In construction and architecture, a sleeper is a horizontal beam that is used for support, particularly in a railroad track or as a foundation in buildings. 6. In espionage, a sleeper is an agent who remains undercover or inactive for a long period until required for a specific mission.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sleepernoun

   one who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person

2. Sleepernoun

   that which lies dormant, as a law

3. Sleepernoun

   a sleeping car

4. Sleepernoun

   an animal that hibernates, as the bear

5. Sleepernoun

   a large fresh-water gobioid fish (Eleotris dormatrix)

6. Sleepernoun

   a nurse shark. See under Nurse

7. Sleepernoun

   something lying in a reclining posture or position

8. Sleepernoun

   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

9. Sleepernoun

   one of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story

10. Sleepernoun

    one of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter

11. Sleepernoun

    the lowest, or bottom, tier of casks

12. Etymology: [Cf. Norw. sleip a sleeper (a timber), as adj., slippery, smooth. See Slape.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sleeper

   Sleeper were a British Britpop band in the 1990s fronted by Louise Wener. The band had eight UK Top 40 hit singles and three UK Top 10 albums. Their music was also featured in the soundtrack of Trainspotting.

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1. sleeper

   Song lyrics by sleeper -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by sleeper on the Lyrics.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SLEEPER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sleeper is ranked #12012 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Sleeper surname appeared 2,599 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Sleeper.
   
   90% or 2,339 total occurrences were White.
   3.5% or 93 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   2.5% or 65 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2% or 53 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.3% or 35 total occurrences were Black.
   0.5% or 14 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Achiever
   • Brace
   • Furniture
   • Hit
   • Pajama
   • Percoid Fish
   • Rester
   • Saboteur
   • Spy

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How to pronounce sleeper?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say sleeper in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sleeper in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sleeper in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of sleeper in a Sentence

1. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve:

   Four hundred targets have been identified by our intelligence services that are more or less sleeper cells, affiliated or in relation with Al Qaeda-type organizations, that can strike like the Kouachi brothers.

2. Frank Herbert:

   Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.

3. Michelle Garrison:

   It can lead to labeling their child as a ` bad sleeper ’ – and going forward, it could harm the development of independent sleep habits if the child internalizes the belief or if the parent’s belief results in reduced opportunities for the child to learn and practice healthy sleep habits.

4. Tasha Fuiava:

   I’m actually a heavy sleeper. So when she told me ‘bunker down with the boys’ and go to sleep, I knocked out like the dead. It didn’t phase me.

5. Michael Weiss:

   I find it very hard to believe that it would be another group such as al Qaeda, brussels, we have seen, is honeycombed with ISIS networks and sleeper agents.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sleeper
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sleeper
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=sleeper
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleeper
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=sleeper
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=sleeper