sleeper
/ˈslipər/
noun
- A person who is sleeping or who sleeps in a particular way.
- The hotel has special rooms for light sleepers.
- My brother is a heavy sleeper who never hears his alarm.
- The baby is a light sleeper and wakes up at any noise.
- A train car with beds for passengers to sleep in overnight.
- We took a sleeper from Chicago to Los Angeles.
- The sleeper car had comfortable bunks and clean sheets.
- She booked a ticket on the overnight sleeper to save on a hotel.
- A movie, book, or product that becomes unexpectedly successful.
- Investors are looking for the next sleeper stock in the tech industry.
- The novel was a sleeper, selling millions after a slow start.
- That low-budget film was a sleeper hit at the box office.
- A spy or agent who remains inactive for a long time before being activated.
- The police arrested a sleeper agent who had been living quietly for years.
- The novel's plot involves a sleeper cell in a small town.
- Intelligence agencies worry about sleeper operatives in major cities.
- A heavy wooden or concrete beam used to support railroad tracks.
- The train rattled over the steel rails bolted to the sleepers.
- Workers replaced the old wooden sleepers with concrete ones.
- A broken sleeper caused the track to shift slightly.
- A piece of clothing, especially a one-piece garment for a baby, worn for sleeping.
- She bought a cute sleeper with little bears on it.
- The sleeper has zippers for easy diaper changes.
- The baby wore a warm fleece sleeper to bed.