sleeper

n.

1. One that sleeps: a heavy sleeper who was not wakened by the burglar.
2. A sleeping car.
3. Children's pajamas, usually with legs that cover the feet. Often used in the plural.
4. 1. One that achieves unexpected recognition or success, as a racehorse or movie.
   2. A spy or saboteur who is planted in an enemy country and who lives unobtrusively as a citizen of that country until activated into clandestine operations by a prearranged signal.
5. A horizontal structural member on or near the ground that supports weight.
6. Chiefly British. A railroad crosstie.
7. Any of various usually small marine and freshwater fishes of the family Eleotridae, related to the gobies but lacking a sucking disk and noted for their habit of lying immobile.

Stock in which there is little investor interest but that has significant potential to gain in price once its attractions are recognized. Sleepers are most easily recognized in retrospect, after they have already moved up in price.

noun

A dazzling, often sudden instance of success: hit. Informal smash, smash hit, ten-strike, wow. Slang boff, boffo, boffola. See thrive/fail/exist.

1. One of a number of horizontal timbers that are laid on a concrete slab (or on the ground) and to which the flooring is nailed.
2. Any long horizontal beam, at or near the ground, which distributes the load from posts or framing.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - sovevogn, svelle, sovende, sovevognskupe, sovepille, underligger, uventet succes

Nederlands (Dutch)
slaapwagon, slaaptrein, slaper, onopgemerkte gebeurtenis, vervelend stuk, biels, dwarsligger

Français (French)
n. - dormeur, traverse, (Rail) couchette, wagon-lit, voiture-lit, train-couchettes, (GB) dormeuse, (US) succès à retardement, espion en sommeil

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schlafwagen, Schlafwagenplatz, Schläfer, Ohrstecker, Schwelle

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κοιμώμενος, στρωτήρας/τραβέρσα σιδηροτροχιάς, κλινάμαξα, βαγκόν-λι, κουκέτα κλινάμαξας, (Βρετ.) προσωρινό τρυπητό σκουλαρίκι, (καθομ.) υπνωτικό χάπι, απροσδόκητη επιτυχία

Italiano (Italian)
spettacolo noioso, vagone letto, treno cuccette, dormiglione, traversa

Português (Portuguese)
n. - dorminhoco (m), dormente

Русский (Russian)
спящий, пижама, что-л. неожиданно получившее широкое признание, животное, впадающее в спячку

Español (Spanish)
n. - coche-cama, tren de literas, durmiente, persona que duerme, traviesa

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sovande, sovvagn, sovplats, sliper, syll, plötslig, oväntad succé, sömntablett, sömnpiller

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
睡眠者, 卧铺, 枕木

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 睡眠者, 臥鋪, 枕木

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 잠자는 사람, 침대차, (어린이 용의) 잠옷

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 眠る人, 寝台車, 根太, まくら木

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألراقد, ألنائم, عارضه خشبيه تتخذ اساسا لخط ألسكه ألحديديه, عربه ألنوم في قطار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ישנן, ישן, קרון-שינה, אדן, קורה, עגיל זמני, דבר המצליח לאחר שלא הורגש, חליפת-שינה, מרגל רדום, ספה נפתחת‬

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