present participle of sleeper

(rail transport, Britain) A railroad tie. / (carpentry) A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joists beneath and floorboards above.

(rare) To mark a calf by cutting its ear.

Someone who sleeps. / 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.

plural of sleeper

plural of Sleeper

A surname.

(usually in combination) Relating to railway sleepers.

simple past tense and past participle of sleeper

plural of dark sleeper