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 or sleepers may refer to:EntertainmentSleeper hit, a work, such as a movie ("sleeper film"), book, or product, that obtains unexpected recognition or successSleeper (band), a Britpop band in the 1990s"Sleeper" (Buffy episode), an episode in the seventh and final season of Buffy the Vampire SlayerSleeper (comic book), a comic book published by DC ComicsSleeper (film), a Woody Allen movieSleepers (film), a 1996 filmSleepers (album), a solo album from Rapper Big PoohSleepers (TV series), a British comedy-dramaIn the Captain America comics, a sleeper referred to a giant robot that was installed by the Red Skull in Germany to sleep for twenty years and then destroy the worldIn fantasy sports a player who is drafted late in a draft, but exceeds production from what would be expected from one drafted there.An initiate member of House Dagoth in the universe of The Elder Scrolls, drafted by means of mind control, prominent in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
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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

(n.)
The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.
  

(n.)
That which lies dormant, as a law.
  

(n.)
Something lying in a reclining posture or position.
  

(n.)
One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person.
  

(n.)
One of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the level of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to steady framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a stringpiece.
  

(n.)
One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter.
  

(n.)
One of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story.
  

(n.)
An animal that hibernates, as the bear.
  

(n.)
A sleeping car.
  

(n.)
A nurse shark. See under Nurse.
  

(n.)
A large fresh-water gobioid fish (Eleotris dormatrix).
  

Used in the context of general equities. Stock in which there is little investor interest but which has significant potential to gain in price once its attractions are recognized. Antithesis of high flyer.