slumber party

[ sluhm-ber pahr-tee ]

noun

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

slumber party

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of slumber party¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

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

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

From Seattle Times

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

“It’s going to be a slumber party,” she said of our interview.

From New York Times

It was just a creepy story, the kind you told while you were roasting marshmallows or huddled together at a slumber party.

From Literature