slumber party

American  

[sluhm-ber pahr-tee] / ˈslʌm bər ˌpɑr ti /

noun

• slumber parties
  plural

1. a social gathering typically of teenagers held at the home of one of them for the purpose of sleeping there overnight.

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slumber party British  

noun

1. a party attended by girls who dress in night clothes and pass the night eating and talking

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• slumber parties
  plural

Etymology

Origin of slumber party

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

slumber party

When the slumber party started at 8 p.m., the eight attendees gathered in Tail Town’s front lobby, home to resident fluffy cat queen Miss Yvonne and office manager Grizzly Bear, a brown tabby.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

The whole thing has a harmless, earnest feeling, like a VHS tape from some long-lost slumber party — except you can't shake the sense that they'd shot the clip in hopes of becoming influencers themselves.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2023

Floodwaters in West Virginia forced some high school students to hunker down for the night in an impromptu slumber party complete with pizza, board games and football tosses in the gymnasium.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2023

"Me and my friends went on Omegle at a slumber party," she says.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2023

Shanti doesn't like to let Didu down, either, so she invites Kareena and Jenna to our apartment for a slumber party.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins