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sleeper

/ˈsliːpə/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈsliːpə/

sleeper

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final r is pronounced in US English

slee - per -> sleeper

Myanmar meaning

(n) ကအအိပ်ကြီး၊ပုပ်၊ဆိုး၊ကြမ်း၊ဆတ်စသည့်သူ။ ခအိပ်နေသူ။ (က) အိပ်ခန်းတွဲပါညရထား။ (ခ) ဂယင်းတွဲရှိအိပ်စင်၊အိပ်စရာ။ ဇလီဖားတုံး။ လျှိုနေရာမှပေါက်သွားသည့်စာအုပ်၊ပြဇာတ်၊ရုပ်ရှင်၊သီချင်းစသည်။

Full entry

sleeper /'sli:på(r)/ n

၁။ (က) (with an adj ) အအိပ် (ကြီး၊ ပုပ်၊ ဆိုး၊ ကြမ်း၊ ဆတ် စသည့်) သူ။ a good/bad sleeper ❍ a heavy/light sleeper (ie one whom it is hard/easy to wake up). (ခ) အိပ်နေသူ။ The net protects the sleeper from mosquitoes.
၂။ (က) အိပ်ခန်းတွဲပါ ညရထား။ the London-to-Edinburgh sleeper. (ခ) = SLEEPING-CAR
(ဂ) ယင်းတွဲရှိ အိပ်စင်၊ အိပ်စရာ။ I've got a sleeper reserved on the overnight train.
၃။ (Brit ) (US tie ) ဇလီဖားတုံး။
၄။ (infml esp US ) လျှိုနေရာမှ ပေါက်သွားသည့် စာအုပ်၊ ပြဇာတ်၊ ရုပ်ရှင်၊ သီချင်းစသည်။

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sleeper /'sli:på(r)/ n ၁။ (က) (with an adj ) အအိပ် (ကြီး၊ ပုပ်၊ ဆိုး၊ ကြမ်း၊ ဆတ် စသည့်) သူ။ a good/bad sleeper

Synonyms

PJ's, PJs, Pullman car, agent, also-ran, bedgown, detective, double agent, emissary, espionage agent, foreign agent, hundred-to-one shot, improbability, informer, inside agent, intelligencer, investigator, jamas, jammies, jams, lingerie, little chance, little opportunity, long shot, lookout, loungewear, lounging robe, mole, naÃ¯ve person, negligee, nightdress, nightie, nightrobe, nightshirt, nightwear, observer, operative, outside chance, outside shot, pajamas, patrol, picket, plant, poor bet, poor lookout, poor possibility, poor prognosis, poor prospect, remote possibility, roomette, scout, secret agent, secret service, sleeper car, sleeping clothes, sleeping suit, sleuth, slim chance, slowpoke, small chance, snoop, spook, spotter, stalking horse, undercover agent, underdog, unexpected winner, unknown, unknown quantity, unlikelihood, unlikely winner, up-and-comer, upsetter, wagon-lit, watcher

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Cross references

PJ's PJs Pullman car agent also-ran bedgown detective double agent emissary espionage agent foreign agent hundred-to-one shot improbability informer inside agent intelligencer investigator jamas jammies jams lingerie little chance little opportunity long shot lookout loungewear lounging robe mole

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