sleepover

American  

[sleep-oh-ver] / ˈslipˌoʊ vər /

noun

1. an instance of sleeping over, as at another person's house.

2. a person who sleeps over.

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sleepover British  

/ ˈsliːpˌəʊvə /

noun

1. informal an instance of spending the night at someone else's home

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Etymology

Origin of sleepover

First recorded in 1970–75; noun use of verb phrase sleep over

Example Sentences

Influencer Alix Earle posted a TikTok Saturday of herself getting ready for a sleepover with her sister with the caption “Now off to watch fruit love island.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Though the scene seems like something out of a movie, it is in fact a whimsical sleepover at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

From Barron's • Oct. 25, 2025

With Laurie still peeved about Jaclyn’s sleepover with Valentin, the hotel worker the actor had been encouraging Laurie to pursue, the women’s dinner turns into a sharing circle of underhanded observations about each other.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2025

“Ralph Breaks the Internet” co-writer Pamela Ribon, who also voiced Snow for that film’s epic Disney princess sleepover scene, doesn’t hit the high notes like Caselotti did.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025

I knew it would be the way it had been after the sleepover.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio