Sleeper
WordNet
noun
(1) An unexpected hit
"That movie was the sleeper of the summer"
(2) Tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
(3) A piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed
(4) Pajamas with feet; worn by children
(5) A passenger car that has berths for sleeping
(6) One of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
"The British call a railroad tie a sleeper"
(7) A rester who is sleeping
(8) An unexpected achiever of success
"The winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it"
(9) 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
WiktionaryText
Noun
- Someone who sleeps.
- A saboteur or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell.
- A railroad sleeping car.
- A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together railway lines.
- Something that achieves unexpected success after an interval of time.
- A goby-like bottom-feeding freshwater fish of the family Odontobutidae. Also "sleeper goby."
- A type of pajama for a person, especially a child, that covers its whole body, including their feet.
- Aaron, Devin, Ryan H., Cody, Ryan O., Wade, Lisa and Laura looked so comfy in their sleepers.
- A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joists beneath and floorboards above.
- An automobile which, not too quick out of the factory has been internally modified to wretched excess, while retaining a mostly stock appearance in order to fool opponents in a drag race.