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

And then root for her in the next — like when she came to the defense of her friends at a slumber party after Kelly’s cool but mean friend Amanda tried to belittle them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2024

That night, she and two friends held a slumber party and her mother slept in a nearby room.

From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2024

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

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

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2023

"Can't you host a slumber party for her?"

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins