Definisjon av sleeper

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Noun

sleeper - a rester who is sleeping
slumberer
rester a person who rests
dreamer someone who is dreaming
rip van winkle the title character in a story by Washington Irving about a man who sleeps for 20 years and doesn't recognize the world when he wakens
sleeping beauty a potential takeover target that has not yet been put in play
noctambulist, sleepwalker, somnambulist someone who walks about in their sleep
snorer someone who snores while sleeping
sleeper - 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
undercover agent, spy (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
diversionist, saboteur, wrecker someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
terrorist a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities
sleeper nest a nest of sleepers awaiting a prearranged signal; "sleeper nests of Islamic terrorists were capable of launching major attacks in Europe"
sleeper - an unexpected hit; "that movie was the sleeper of the summer"
smasher, bang, smash, strike, hit a very attractive or seductive looking woman
sleeper - tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
sleeper goby
percoid, percoid fish, percoidean any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
sleeper - a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed
article of furniture, furniture, piece of furniture furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy; "they had too much furniture for the small apartment"; "there was only one piece of furniture in the room"
sleeper - pajamas with feet; worn by children
sleeper - an unexpected achiever of success; "the winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it"
sleeper - a passenger car that has berths for sleeping
sleeping car, wagon-lit
passenger car, carriage, coach a railcar where passengers ride
drawing room a formal room where visitors can be received and entertained
sleeper - one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper"
tie, railroad tie, crosstie
bracing, brace a structural member used to stiffen a framework
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Substantiv

sleeper - Someone who sleeps.
sleeper - A spy, saboteur, or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell.
sleeper - A railroad sleeping car.
sleeper - Something that achieves unexpected success after an interval of time.
sleeper - A goby-like bottom-feeding freshwater fish of the family Odontobutidae. Also "sleeper goby. ".
sleeper - A type of pajama for a person, especially a child, that covers the whole body, including the feet.
sleeper - An automobile which, not too quick out of the factory has been internally modified to excess, while retaining a mostly stock appearance in order to fool opponents in a drag race.
sleeper - A railroad tie. houten dwarsliggers alphen aan den The short wooden bars are sleepers, and the long metal bars are railway lines.
sleeper - A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joists beneath and floorboards above.
sleeper - A heavy floor timber in a ship's bottom.
sleeper - The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.

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  • sleeper
    Someone who is sleeping.
  • sleeper
    A railroad passenger car that has beds where passengers can sleep.

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  • Flertall: sleepers

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