sleeper

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Definitions

noun

Someone who sleeps.“I'm a light sleeper: I get woken up by the smallest of sounds.”
That which lies dormant, as a law.
A spy, saboteur, or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell.
A small starter earring, worn to prevent a piercing from closing.

verb

To mark a calf by cutting its ear.

noun

A railroad tie.
A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joists beneath and floorboards above.
A heavy floor timber in a ship's bottom.
The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.

Related words

Synonyms

sleeper hit tie slumberer crosstie railroad tie wagon-lit sleeping car sleeper goby sleeping sleep resting heavy hidden invisible house room bedroom

Antonyms

cop magnet racecar rice burner

Associated

unreserved pantry goby luggage rack cum brackish customary hauled shark discretion

Rhymes

peeper keeper creeper gatekeeper grim reaper groundskeeper reaper weeper peacekeeper housekeeper

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