Meaning

Someone who sleeps..

Definitions by Sense

1. Someone who sleeps.
2. That which lies dormant, as a law.
3. A spy, saboteur, or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell.
4. A small starter earring, worn to prevent a piercing from closing.
5. A railway sleeping car.
6. (martial arts, wrestling) A sleeper hold.
7. Something that achieves unexpected success after an interval of time.
8. Any of family Odontobutidae of goby-like bottom-feeding freshwater fish.

Example Sentences

I'm a light sleeper: I get woken up by the smallest of sounds.

She's a heavy sleeper: it takes a lot to wake her up.

Waveless mattresses are for those who prefer a more stationary [night's sleep]; semiwaveless for those who want a slight rocking motion, and free-flow for sleepers who want the feel of a boat. All beds come with temperature controls, and king- and queen-size models offer dual controls.

Therefore let penal laws, if they have been sleepers of long, or if they be grown unfit for the present time, be by wise judged confined in the execution […]

The object of these provisions is to prevent insertion of "jokers" or "sleepers" in bills and securing passage under the false color of the title.

We are up against the pros; and pros who have been involved in this kind of activity for many years. […] The public apathy today is disturbing — few realize, Mr. Chairman, that there are sleepers in this country and we know that they are able to manipulate at will behind the scenes.

His skull earring had been replaced by a small gold sleeper. […] Fiona, who also had pierced ears, remarked on his sleeper. “Doesn’t Wilton allow pierced ears?” she asked. “No way!” said Leslie. “Rules about everything. But I wanted to keep my options open, as you might say. No one’s made me take it out yet. […]”

We spent a night on an uncomfortable sleeper between Athens and Vienna.

Word Forms

• sleepers
• sleepering
• sleepered

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