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sleeper goby, sleeping car, wagon-lit, tie, railroad tie, crosstie, slumberer Definition: an unexpected hit; "that movie was the sleeper of the summer";tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water;a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed;a passenger car that has berths for sleeping;one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper";a rester who is sleeping;an unexpected achiever of success; "the winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it";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; Hyponyms: dreamer, Rip van Winkle, sleeping beauty, sleepwalker, somnambulist, noctambulist, snorer, somniloquist Part Meronyms: railroad track, railroad, railway Member Meronyms: Eleotridae, family Eleotridae, sleeper nest Derivational Morphology:
sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's Anagrams:
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