# sleeping giant

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Someone or something with great, latent strength.

## Etymology
A metaphor, maybe derived from Gulliver's Travels (1726), and made popular by the 1970 film Tora! Tora! Tora!, see quotations.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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