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Meaning of sleeper

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

sleeper

Pronunciation:

noun

Definitions

  1. Someone who sleeps.

    Example: I'm a light sleeper: I get woken up by the smallest of sounds.

  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.

  4. A small starter earring, worn to prevent a piercing from closing.

verb

Definitions

  1. To mark a calf by cutting its ear.

sleeper

Pronunciation:

noun

Definitions

  1. A railroad tie.

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

  3. A heavy floor timber in a ship's bottom.

  4. The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.