Sleeper
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Sleeper may refer to:
[edit] Entertainment
- Sleeper hit, a work, such as a movie (sleeper film), book, or product, that obtains unexpected recognition or success
- Sleeper (film), a Woody Allen movie
- Sleeper (band), a Britpop band in the 1990s
- "Sleeper" (Buffy episode), an episode in the seventh and final season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Sleeper (comic book), a comic book published by DC Comics
- In the Captain America comics, a Nazi giant robot that was installed by the Red Skull in Germany to sleep for twenty years and then destroy the world. Four of them existed, three to be combined, the latter on its own
- In fantasy sports a player who is drafted late in a draft, but exceeds production from what would be expected from one drafted there.
[edit] Transportation and construction
- In rail transport, a name for the sleeping car with beds
- In road transport, a truck with a sleeping compartment
- In construction and shipbuilding, a strong internal beam, especially railroad ties supporting rail tracks
- Sleeper (car), an automobile that has any manner of modified engine, drivetrain, suspension, brakes or other parts, with the goal of improving its original performance, while still maintaining the outward appearance of a stock, factory equipped vehicle. The British term for this is Q-car
[edit] Other uses
- Sleeper (espionage), a secret agent left long inactive
- Sleeper (fish), a perciform fish of the family Eleotridae
- In business, synonym for sleeping partner
- Blanket sleeper, a one-piece, footed sleeping garment
- A type of couch, also known as a fold-out couch or hide-a-bed
- An earring, originally one designed to be worn at night (ie while sleeping) to keep the hole in a pierced ear open. In the 1960s, small hoops were often used for this purpose, so this term is sometimes used to describe a small hoop earring. Other people use it to refer to the studs commonly used to pierce ears.
- A Yo-yo trick, "the sleeper"
- A sleeper hold is a type of chokehold
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