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sleeper |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sleeper \Sleep"er\, n. 1. One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence a drone, or lazy person. 2. That which lies dormant, as a law. [Obs.] --Bacon. 3. A sleeping car [Colloq. U.S.] 4. (Zo["o]l.) An animal that hibernates, as the bear. 5. (Zo["o]l.) a A large fresh-water gobioid fish ({Eleotris dormatrix}). b A nurse shark. See under {Nurse}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sleeper \Sleep"er\, n. [Cf. 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 level of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to steady framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a stringpiece. b One of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story. [U.S.] c (Naut.) One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter. d (Naut.) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tetard \Te*tard"\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A gobioid fish ({Eleotris gyrinus}) of the Southern United States; -- called also {sleeper}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sleeper n 1: a person who is sleeping [syn: {slumberer}] 2: one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" [syn: {tie}, {railroad tie}, {crosstie}] 3: a passenger car that has berths for sleeping [syn: {sleeping car}, {wagon-lit}] 4: tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water [syn: {sleeper goby}]
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