sleepover

nounattested in dialogue

United States

The act of spending the night as a guest in another's house, especially when the participants are children.

noun

1
The act of spending the night as a guest in another's house, especially when the participants are children.
Since it would be too late to notify the many people whom we hope are coming, we are really working hard to find other facilities — probably to rent a hall for the meetings; perhaps arrange sleep-overs at Israeli members' homes.
2
An overnight guest.

Etymology

From sleep + over.

Forms

plural: sleepovers

Sleeper · A surname.sleeping · Asleep.sleepless · Characterized by an absence of sleep: wakeful.

sleepover · The act of spending the night as a guest in another's house, especially when the participants are children.

sleepwalking · The act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during…sleepy · Tired; feeling the need for sleep.sleet · Pellets of ice made of mostly-frozen raindrops or refrozen…

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