sleepers

noun

1
Someone who sleeps.
“I'm a light sleeper: I get woken up by the smallest of sounds.”
2
That which lies dormant, as a law.
3
A spy, saboteur, or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell.
4
A small starter earring, worn to prevent a piercing from closing.
5
A railway sleeping car.
“We spent a night on an uncomfortable sleeper between Athens and Vienna.”
6
A sleeper hold.
7
Something that achieves unexpected success after an interval of time.
“A box-office bomb when it first came out, the film was a sleeper, becoming much more popular decades after being released.”
8
A goby-like bottom-feeding freshwater fish of the family Odontobutidae.
9
A nurse shark (family Ginglymostomatidae).
10
A type of pajama for a person, especially a child, that covers the whole body, including the feet.
“Aaron, Devin, and Laura looked so comfy in their sleepers.”
11
An automobile which has been internally modified to excess, while retaining a mostly stock appearance in order to fool opponents in a drag race, or to avoid the attention of the police.
12
A sedative.

1
A railroad tie.
2
A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joists beneath and floorboards above.
3
A heavy floor timber in a ship's bottom.
4
The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.

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