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

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

"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