sleeper : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sleeper	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for sleeper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sleeper n a rester who is sleeping Synonym(s): sleeper, slumberer 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; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" Synonym(s): tie, railroad tie, crosstie, sleeper a passenger car that has berths for sleeping Synonym(s): sleeping car, sleeper, 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 Synonym(s): sleeper, sleeper goby an unexpected hit; "that movie was the sleeper of the summer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sleeper \Sleep"er\, n. 1. One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person. 2. That which lies dormant, as a law. [Obs.] --Bacon. 3. A sleeping car. [Colloq. U.S.] 4. (Zo[94]l.) An animal that hibernates, as the bear. 5. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large fresh-water gobioid fish ({Eleotris dormatrix}). (b) A nurse shark. See under {Nurse}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sleeper \Sleep"er\, n. [Cf. Norw. sleip a sleeper (a timber), as adj., slippery, smooth. See {Slape}.] Something lying in a reclining posture or position. Specifically: (a) 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. (b) One of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story. [U.S.] (c) (Naut.) One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter. (d) (Naut.) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tetard \Te*tard"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A gobioid fish ({Eleotris gyrinus}) of the Southern United States; -- called also {sleeper}.