Sleepover

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    an occasion of spending a night away from home or having a guest spend the night in your home (especially as a party for children) wordnet
  3. 3
    An overnight guest.

Synonyms

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pajama partypyjama party

Example

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"Sami and Layla had a sleepover at Farid's house."

Etymology

From sleep + over.

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