English
Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�p�(r)|-i�p�(r)
Noun
en-noun
#countable Someone who sleeps.
#countable A saboteur or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell.
#countable A railroad sleeping car.
#countablecontext|rail transport|UK A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together railway lines.
- Something that achieves unexpected success after an interval of time.
- countable A goby-like bottom-feeding freshwater fish of the family Odontobutidae. Also "sleeper goby."
- clothing A type of pajamas|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 joist|joists beneath and floorboard|floorboards above.
Synonyms
horizontal member that supports railway lines
*tie (US)
Translations
trans-top|someone who sleeps
Dutch: slaper
German: Schläfer m
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trans-top|saboteur or terrorist
German: Schläfer m
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trans-top|railroad sleeping car
Dutch: slaapwagen
German: Schlafwagen m
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trans-top|horizontal wooden or concrete strucutural member supporting railway lines
Dutch: dwarsligger
German: Schwelle f, Bahnschwelle f, Eisenbahnschwelle f
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io:sleeper
it:sleeper
ru:sleeper
te:sleeper
vi:sleeper
zh:sleeper
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