sleeper
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- noun
- /ˈsliːpər/
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durmiente
- If your little one is a light sleeper, this will be important.
- an individual sleeper
As a fellow very very very light sleeper, I can understand her.
- As a fellow very very very light sleeper, I can understand her.
- I have a pillow from pillow cube for side sleepers.
- The crazy thing is Karen and I are both such hard sleepers and we turn these fans on in the van.
- And so, but Jesse is a deep sleeper and she's also, you know, like a super cuddle monster.
- And I, I've made, I've always been a good sleeper, but now I just will not relent on my sleep.
- But I do, you know, I'm such a light sleeper that, you know, if my wife wakes up to go to the gym, I wake up.
Examples
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Here, brain activity is significantly reduced, and the sleeper is less easily woken.
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I am a very light sleeper, and I was awakened by a popping sound.
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But Link is a very deep sleeper and he is a very like I am.
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As a fellow very very very light sleeper, I can understand her.
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If I wanted to be the worst possible sleeper in the world, what would I have to do?
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My first was really not a good sleeper at all.
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You know I'm a sound sleeper.
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But Jack had always been a light sleeper; he couldn't understand.
Fiction book (1996) -
I'm a very light sleeper; traffic noise keeps me wide awake all night.
Fiction book (1990) -
The sleeper in the next room snored loudly, keeping me awake all night.
Synonyms
A person who is asleep
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A hidden program in a computer network that stays inactive until activated to do harm
- NSFW
A hidden group of people who stay inactive until they get orders to do illegal or violent acts
How Asleep
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sleeper comes from the root sleep 'to rest'. It simply means 'a person who is asleep'.