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'