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 Mary Harris got Tim Mak on the phone, he was getting ready to have something of a slumber party.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2025

Instead of invoking such motifs, Jonze’s bedroom shots of Björk are goofy girl slumber party, the kind my friends and I had.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 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

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

“Oh. I mean, I always figured you’d want your own space when you’re sleeping over, but since the guest room is occupied, I figured we’d do the slumber party thing. If...that’s okay with you?”

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone