sleeper – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
sleeper
n.
one who sleeps; railroad passenger car with beds; person or thing which achieves unexpected fame or success; railroad tie (British); horizontal beam or other supporting piece
Sleeper
A
sleeper is a person who is
sleeping. It may also refer to:
General uses
- Sleeper, a sleeping partner in business
- Sleeper, a greatly undervalued antique or collectible found offered for sale in a venue where knowledgeable antique dealers do business
- Sleeper, a strong internal beam (structure) in construction and shipbuilding
- Sleeper dike, a low inland dike, made obsolete by a newer dike closer to shore
- Sleeper agent, a secret agent or similar operative left long inactive
- Blanket sleeper, a one-piece, footed sleeping garment
- Sleeper couch, also known as a fold-out couch or hide-a-bed
- Sleeper earring, originally designed to be worn while sleeping to keep the hole in a pierced ear open
- Sleeper hit, a work that obtains unexpected recognition or success
- Sleeper hold, a rear naked choke hold used in professional wrestling
sleeper
Noun
1. a rester who is sleeping
(synonym) slumberer
(hypernym) rester
(hyponym) dreamer
(derivation) sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's
2. 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
(hypernym) spy, undercover agent
(member-holonym) sleeper nest
3. an unexpected achiever of success; "the winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it"
(hypernym) achiever, winner, success, succeeder
4. one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper"
(synonym) tie, railroad tie, crosstie
(hypernym) brace, bracing
(part-holonym) railroad track, railroad, railway
5. a passenger car that has berths for sleeping
(synonym) sleeping car, wagon-lit
(hypernym) passenger car, coach, carriage
(part-meronym) drawing room
(derivation) sleep
6. a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed
(hypernym) furniture, piece of furniture, article of furniture
(derivation) sleep
7. tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
(synonym) sleeper goby
(hypernym) percoid fish, percoid, percoidean
(member-holonym) Eleotridae, family Eleotridae
8. an unexpected hit; "that movie was the sleeper of the summer"
(hypernym) hit, smash, smasher, strike, bang
sleeper
n.
spáč/-ka; vlakové lůžko; lůžkový vlak
sleeper
Rzecz.
osoba śpiąca; miejsce sypialne w pociągu; pociąg z wagonami sypialnymi
