Look up: sleeper

1. Sleeper
   In architecture, a sleeper is a piece of timber, or plate, laid under the ground-floor of a building, on which the joists rest. The walls which support these timbers are called sleeper-walls.
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2. Sleeper
   Lowest horizontal timber (or low wall).
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3. sleeper
   A slow-selling product that is packed by a manufacturer with a higher volume item. Also known as a slow mover.
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4. sleeper
   [n] - a spy or saboteur planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal 2. [n] - an unexpected achiever of success 3. [n] - a rester who is sleeping 4. [n] - a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed 5. [n]
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5. sleeper
   a timber laid horizontally on the ground to support other members or construction,e.g.a sill distributing the load from posts or framing Category: Various industries and crafts • a wooden beam laid horizontally as a support,especially for railway track Category: agriculture, fisheries...
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6. Sleeper
   Usually, a wood member embedded in concrete, as in a floor, that serves to support and to fasten subfloor or flooring.
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7. Sleeper
   Sleep'er noun 1. One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person. 2. That which lies dormant, as a law. [ Obsolete] Bacon. 3. A sleeping car. [ Colloq. U.S.] 4. (Zoology) An animal that hibern...
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8. Sleeper
   Sleep'er noun [ Confer Norw. sleip a sleeper (a timber), as adj., slippery, smooth. See Slape .] Something lying in a reclining posture or position. Specifically: -- (a) One of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the lev...
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9. sleeper
   1. One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person. ... 2. That which lies dormant, as a law. ... 3. A sleeping car. ... 4. <zoology> An animal that hibernates, as the bear. ... 5. <zoology> A large fresh water gobioid fish (Eleotris dormatrix). A nurse shark. See Nurse. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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10. sleeper
    sleeper goby noun tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
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11. sleeper
    noun an unexpected hit; `that movie was the sleeper of the summer`
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12. sleeper
    slumberer noun a rester who is sleeping
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13. Sleeper
    • (n.) A large fresh-water gobioid fish (Eleotris dormatrix). • (n.) A nurse shark. See under Nurse. • (n.) An animal that hibernates, as the bear. • (n.) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks. • (n.) A sleeping car. • (n.) One of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, l...
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14. sleeper
    any of the marine and freshwater fishes of the family Eleotridae of the suborder Gobioidei (order Perciformes). Sleepers, found in warm and tropical ...
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15. Sleeper
    Stock in which there is little investor interest but that has significant potential to gain in price once its attractions are recognized. Antithesis of high flyer.
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16. Sleeper
    Referring to general equities, a stock that receives little attention from investors but has a large potential for gain once it does get noticed; the opposite of a high flyer. Discover What It`s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
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17. Sleeper
    [yo-yo trick] The Sleeper is one of the most common yo-yo tricks. It is considered required state before many other tricks can be performed. The essence of the trick is that the yo-yoer throws the yo-yo with a very pronounced wrist action so that when the yo-yo reaches the end of the string ...
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18. Sleeper
    [Buffy the Vampire Slayer] "Sleeper" is the eighth episode of the seventh and final season of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ==Plot synopsis== In the first scene Spike is seen digging a grave and buries the woman he has just killed while he hums a tune. Meanwhile Buffy strug...
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19. Sleeper
    [car] A sleeper (US English) or Q-car (British English) is a car that has high performance and an unassuming exterior. Sleeper cars are termed such because their exterior looks little or no different from a standard or economy-class car. In some cases the car appears worse due to seeming neg...
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20. Sleeper
    [band] Sleeper were a British Britpop band in the 1990s fronted by Louise Wener. The band had eight UK Top 40 hit singles and three UK Top 10 albums. Their music was also featured in the soundtrack of Trainspotting. ==Career== Jon Stewart met Louise Wener at Manchester University in 1987 in ...
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21. Sleeper
    [comics] Sleeper was a comic book series written by Ed Brubaker with art by Sean Phillips, published by DC Comics under their Wildstorm imprint. The series consisted of two twelve-issue limited series and the events of the first "season" served as a catalyst for the Coup D`Etat line-wide cro...
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22. Sleeper
    [film] Sleeper is a 1973 futuristic science fiction comedy film, written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman, and directed by Allen. The plot involves the adventures of the owner (played by Woody Allen) of a health food store who is cryogenically frozen in 1973 and defrosted 200 years later...
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23. Sleeper
    A sleeper is a person who is sleeping. It may also refer to: ==Entertainment== ===Music=== ===Films=== ===Television=== ===Other=== ==Transportation== ==Biology== ==Other uses== ...
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24. Sleeper
    - Usually, a wood member embedded in concrete, as in a floor, that serves to support and to fasten the subfloor or flooring.
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25. sleeper
    an attacking player who slips into the center or neutral zone behind the attacking defensemen; same as a floater or a hanger.
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