sleeper
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noun- 1.
Someone who sleeps.
I'm a light sleeper: I get woken up by the smallest of sounds.
She's a heavy sleeper: it takes a lot to wake her up.
- 2.
That which lies dormant, as a law.
- 3.
A spy, saboteur, or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell.
Đồng nghĩa: sleeper agent
- 4.
A small starter earring, worn to prevent a piercing from closing.
- 5.
A railway sleeping car.
We spent a night on an uncomfortable sleeper between Athens and Vienna.
- 6.
(martial arts, wrestling) A sleeper hold.
- 7.
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.
Đồng nghĩa: sleeper hit
- 8.
Any of family Odontobutidae of goby-like bottom-feeding freshwater fish.
- 9.
A nurse shark (family Ginglymostomatidae).
- 10.
A type of pajama for a person, especially a child, that covers the whole body, including the feet.
Aaron, Devin, and Laura looked so comfy in their sleepers.
- 11.
(slang)(automotive, slang) An automobile which has been internally modified to excess, while retaining a mostly stock appearance in order to fool opponents in a drag race, or to avoid the attention of the police.
- 12.
(slang)A sedative.
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verb- 1.
(rare)To mark a calf by cutting its ear.
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From Middle English sleper, equivalent to sleep + -er.