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"1995, “Insomnia”, in Reverence, performed by Faithless:", "text": "At least a couple of weeks since I last slept, / Kept takin' sleepers, but now I keep myself pepped.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A sedative." ], "id": "en-sleeper-en-noun-~rWWf1Sf", "links": [ [ "sedative", "sedative" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(slang) A sedative." ], "tags": [ "slang" ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Gambling", "orig": "en:Gambling", "parents": [ "Games", "Recreation", "Human activity", "Human behaviour", "Human", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w" }, { "_dis": "0 0 10 15 0 12 1 0 0 0 3 0 18 0 15 2 0 10 11", "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Clothing", "orig": "en:Clothing", "parents": [ "Human", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "13 0 18 6 0 13 1 0 0 6 2 0 18 0 2 1 0 12 8", "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "People", "orig": "en:People", "parents": [ "Human", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], 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"literature", "media", "publishing", "science-fiction" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈsliːpə(ɹ)/" }, { "audio": "En-au-sleeper.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a5/En-au-sleeper.ogg/En-au-sleeper.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/En-au-sleeper.ogg" }, { "rhymes": "-iːpə(ɹ)" } ], "word": "sleeper" } { "etymology_number": 1, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "sleep", "3": "er" }, "expansion": "sleep + -er", "name": "suffix" } ], "etymology_text": "From sleep + -er.", "forms": [ { "form": "sleepers", "tags": [ "present", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "sleepering", "tags": [ "participle", "present" ] }, { "form": "sleepered", "tags": [ "participle", "past" ] }, { "form": "sleepered", "tags": [ "past" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "sleeper (third-person singular simple present sleepers, present participle sleepering, simple past and past participle 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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/En-au-sleeper.ogg" }, { "rhymes": "-iːpə(ɹ)" } ], "word": "sleeper" } { "derived": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0", "word": "resleeper" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0", "word": "sleeperless" } ], "etymology_number": 2, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "no", "2": "sleip", "t": "a sleeper (a timber); as adjective, slippery, smooth" }, "expansion": "Norwegian sleip (“a sleeper (a timber); as adjective, slippery, smooth”)", "name": "cog" } ], "etymology_text": "Compare Norwegian sleip (“a sleeper (a timber); as adjective, slippery, smooth”). See slape.", "forms": [ { "form": "sleepers", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "sleeper (plural sleepers)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "hyphenation": [ "sleep‧er" ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "British English", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Rail transportation", "orig": "en:Rail transportation", "parents": [ "Transport", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w" }, { "_dis": "0 0 10 15 0 12 1 0 0 0 3 0 18 0 15 2 0 10 11", "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Clothing", "orig": "en:Clothing", "parents": [ "Human", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1901, George Gipps, The Fighting in North China (up to the Fall of Tientsin City), Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, →OL, page 40:", "text": "The train, minus the three abandoned trucks, again proceeded at a slow pace, with a pump trolley doing pilot ahead ; this was very necessary as a great many sleepers were found to have been burnt underneath the fishplates.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1961 July, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 401:", "text": "I should imagine that the smooth riding and the quietness of the diesel or electric cab, coupled with the effect on the eyes of endless successions of sleepers disappearing from sight immediately under the driver's eyes, might in time have a soporific effect, so that the company of a second man, who can assist in signal observations when he is not at work in the engine cab, seems highly desirable in such conditions.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A railroad tie." ], "id": "en-sleeper-en-noun--00CM1u1", "links": [ [ "rail transport", "rail transport" ], [ "railroad tie", "railroad tie" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(rail transport, British) A railroad tie." ], "synonyms": [ { "tags": [ "US" ], "word": "tie" } ], "tags": [ "British" ], "topics": [ "rail-transport", "railways", "transport" ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Carpentry", "orig": "en:Carpentry", 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"At least a couple of weeks since I last slept, / Kept takin' sleepers, but now I keep myself pepped.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A sedative." ], "links": [ [ "sedative", "sedative" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(slang) A sedative." ], "tags": [ "slang" ] }, { "categories": [ "English slang", "en:Gambling" ], "glosses": [ "A bet placed on the gambling table and then forgotten about by the gambler." ], "links": [ [ "gambling", "gambling#Noun" ], [ "bet", "bet" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(slang, gambling) A bet placed on the gambling table and then forgotten about by the gambler." ], "tags": [ "slang" ], "topics": [ "gambling", "games" ] }, { "categories": [ "en:Science fiction" ], "glosses": [ "A pod or similar device containing a person in cryosleep." ], "links": [ [ "science fiction", "science fiction" ], [ "cryosleep", "cryosleep" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(science fiction) A pod or similar device containing a person in cryosleep." ], "topics": [ "literature", "media", "publishing", "science-fiction" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈsliːpə(ɹ)/" }, { "audio": "En-au-sleeper.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a5/En-au-sleeper.ogg/En-au-sleeper.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/En-au-sleeper.ogg" }, { "rhymes": "-iːpə(ɹ)" } ], "synonyms": [ { "sense": "goby-like fish", "word": "sleeper goby" } ], "translations": [ { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "spjašt čovek", "sense": "someone who sleeps", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "спящ човек" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "someone who sleeps", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "dormilega" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "someone who sleeps", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "slaper" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "someone who sleeps", "word": "dormanto" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "someone who sleeps", "word": "nukkuja" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "someone who sleeps", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "dormeur" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "someone who sleeps", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Schläfer" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "someone who sleeps", "word": "alvó" }, { "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "janeun saram", "sense": "someone who sleeps", "word": "자는 사람" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "someone who sleeps", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "dormītor" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "someone who sleeps", "word": "śpiący" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "someone who sleeps", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "dorminhoco" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "someone who sleeps", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "dorminhoca" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "sónja", "sense": "someone who sleeps", "tags": [ "colloquial", "feminine", "masculine" ], "word": "со́ня" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "someone who sleeps", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "dormilón" }, { "code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "someone who sleeps", "word": "mlalaji" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "someone who sleeps", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "sovare" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "someone who sleeps", "word": "uykucu" }, { "code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "someone who sleeps", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "doirmeu" }, { "code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "someone who sleeps", "word": "doirmeuse" }, { "code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "someone who sleeps", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "soctant" }, { "code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "someone who sleeps", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "soctante" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "that which lies dormant, as a law", "word": "kuollut kirjain" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "spy, saboteur or terrorist waiting to be activated", "word": "nukkuva agentti" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "spy, saboteur or terrorist waiting to be activated", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Schläfer" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "spjáščij agént", "sense": "spy, saboteur or terrorist waiting to be activated", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "спя́щий аге́нт" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "krot", "sense": "spy, saboteur or terrorist waiting to be activated", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "крот" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "diversánt", "sense": "spy, saboteur or terrorist waiting to be activated", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "диверса́нт" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "sabotážnik", "sense": "spy, saboteur or terrorist waiting to be activated", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "сабота́жник" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "starter earring", "word": "harjoituskorvarengas" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "starter earring", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "fáinne cluaise simplí" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "freshwater fish of the family Odontobutidae", "word": "rohmutokko" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "type of pajamas that covers the whole body", "word": "unihaalari" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "type of pajamas that covers the whole body", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Strampelanzug" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "type of pajamas that covers the whole body", "word": "pijama con los pies" } ], "word": "sleeper" } { "categories": [ "English agent nouns", "English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English terms suffixed with -er", "English verbs", "Entries with translation boxes", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries", "Rhymes:English/iːpə(ɹ)", "Rhymes:English/iːpə(ɹ)/2 syllables", "Terms with Bulgarian translations", "Terms with Catalan 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"present" ] }, { "form": "sleepered", "tags": [ "participle", "past" ] }, { "form": "sleepered", "tags": [ "past" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "sleeper (third-person singular simple present sleepers, present participle sleepering, simple past and past participle sleepered)", "name": "en-verb" } ], "hyphenation": [ "sleep‧er" ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English terms with quotations", "English terms with rare senses" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1963, Jack Schaefer, Monte Walsh, page 81:", "text": "I expect there ain't a trick to maverickin' and sleeperin' and changin' a brand he don't know.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "To mark a calf by cutting its ear." ], "links": [ [ "mark", "mark" ], [ "calf", "calf" ], [ "cut", "cut" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(rare) To mark a calf by cutting its ear." ], "tags": [ "rare" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈsliːpə(ɹ)/" }, { "audio": "En-au-sleeper.ogg", "mp3_url": 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Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 401:", "text": "I should imagine that the smooth riding and the quietness of the diesel or electric cab, coupled with the effect on the eyes of endless successions of sleepers disappearing from sight immediately under the driver's eyes, might in time have a soporific effect, so that the company of a second man, who can assist in signal observations when he is not at work in the engine cab, seems highly desirable in such conditions.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A railroad tie." ], "links": [ [ "rail transport", "rail transport" ], [ "railroad tie", "railroad tie" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(rail transport, British) A railroad tie." ], "synonyms": [ { "tags": [ "US" ], "word": "tie" } ], "tags": [ "British" ], "topics": [ "rail-transport", "railways", "transport" ] }, { "categories": [ "en:Carpentry" ], "glosses": [ "A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joists beneath and floorboards above." ], "links": [ [ "carpentry", "carpentry" ], [ "joists", "joist" ], [ "floorboards", "floorboard" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(carpentry) A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joists beneath and floorboards above." ], "topics": [ "business", "carpentry", "construction", "manufacturing" ] }, { "categories": [ "en:Nautical" ], "glosses": [ "A heavy floor timber in a ship's bottom." ], "links": [ [ "nautical", "nautical" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(nautical) A heavy floor timber in a ship's bottom." ], "topics": [ "nautical", "transport" ] }, { "categories": [ "en:Nautical" ], "glosses": [ "The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks." ], "links": [ [ "nautical", "nautical" ], [ "tier", "tier" ], [ "cask", "cask" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(nautical) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks." ], "topics": [ "nautical", "transport" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈsliːpə(ɹ)/" }, { "audio": "En-au-sleeper.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a5/En-au-sleeper.ogg/En-au-sleeper.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/En-au-sleeper.ogg" }, { "rhymes": "-iːpə(ɹ)" } ], "translations": [ { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "traversa", "sense": "structural timber in a floor perpendicular to the joists and floorboards", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "траверса" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "structural timber in a floor perpendicular to the joists and floorboards", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "Lagerholz" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "structural timber in a floor perpendicular to the joists and floorboards", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "Futterholz" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "structural timber in a floor perpendicular to the joists and floorboards", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "Unterlageholz" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "Lagerholz" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Schwelle" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "Schwellenholz" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Lagerbalken" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Fußschwelle" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "Unterlageholz" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Mauerlatte" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Fußpfette" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Fusspfette" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Wandpfette" } ], "word": "sleeper" }
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