a rester who is sleeping
[ Syn: slumberer ]
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
an unexpected achiever of success; the winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it'
one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; the British call a railroad tie a sleeper
[ Syn: tie , railroad tie , crosstie ]
a passenger car that has berths for sleeping
[ Syn: sleeping car , wagon-lit ]
pajamas with feet; worn by children
a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed
tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
[ Syn: sleeper goby ]
an unexpected hit; that movie was the sleeper of the summer'