sleeper

[US]/'sliːpə/
[UK]/'slipɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.a person who is sleeping
a horizontal beam supporting the rails on a railroad track
a railroad car with sleeping accommodations
a small earring
a play, book, person, etc. that unexpectedly achieves success.

Phrases & Collocations

sleeper train

sleeper car

sleeper berth

sleeper compartment

sleeper coach

sleeper ticket

sleeper service

Example Sentences

the engine hauls the overnight sleeper from London Euston.

he was a light sleeper, for long periods an insomniac.

a heavy sleeper who was not wakened by the cat burglar.

He stepped out of his first-class sleeper on the night express from London.

Sleeper minds cannot process the language, and they mishear it as noise or foreign babble.

a heavy sleep; fell into a profound sleep; a sound sleeper; deep wakeless sleep.

In the baggage cars, kelps, fishplate, rolled iron, sleepers, wire rods, plates and sheets, laminated articles, hot rolled hoops, splints and mortar carriages, and Zorès ore.

Real-world Examples

It has a sleeper on all the time.

Source: CNN 10 Student English Compilation April 2021

He sacrificed his sleeper to a sick old lady.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

I am a light sleeper, and it has awakened me.

Source: The Adventure of the Speckled Band

That cot was so soft. I'm not always a sound sleeper.

Source: Modern Family - Season 10

Mrs Fairfax is a heavy sleeper, like most old people, and didn't hear anything.

Source: Jane Eyre (Abridged Version)

If you have a starfish sleeper as a best friend, you’re in luck.

Source: 2016 Most Popular Selected Compilation

The door to her room was shut because she was a light sleeper.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 1

Is this train leaving at 9: 07 a sleeper?

Source: American Tourist English Conversations

While I slept in my sleeper car, all my possessions were stolen.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 8

The cries of the foul birds awoke the two sleepers, who stared about them in bewilderment.

Source: A Study in Scarlet by Sherlock Holmes

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