sleepover
noun
sleep·over
ˈslēp-ˌō-vər 
1
: an overnight stay (as at another's home)
2
: an instance of hosting a sleepover in one's home
Examples of sleepover in a Sentence
Our daughter is having a sleepover for her friends tomorrow.
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The brothers have had sleepovers and vacations together and Hayden has attended Nehemiah’s football games.
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Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
Born in Australia, Robson and his family moved to Los Angeles after meeting Jackson; during his first sleepover at Neverland Ranch, Robson claimed Jackson performed oral sex on him.
—Amelia McDonell-Parry, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2026
The jury ordered the payout to a former Union City altar boy — Steve Woodall, a 61-year-old father of four — who claimed he had twice been molested in 1975 by a notorious priest, Stephen Kiesle, during church sleepovers with other boys.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
Starlit sleepovers and birds of the delta Leroo La Tau also takes groups out on overnight trips to the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans.
—Lucie Grace, TheWeek, 17 Apr. 2026
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Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
Born in Australia, Robson and his family moved to Los Angeles after meeting Jackson; during his first sleepover at Neverland Ranch, Robson claimed Jackson performed oral sex on him.
—Amelia McDonell-Parry, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2026
The jury ordered the payout to a former Union City altar boy — Steve Woodall, a 61-year-old father of four — who claimed he had twice been molested in 1975 by a notorious priest, Stephen Kiesle, during church sleepovers with other boys.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
Starlit sleepovers and birds of the delta Leroo La Tau also takes groups out on overnight trips to the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans.
—Lucie Grace, TheWeek, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Sleepover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleepover. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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sleepover
noun
sleep·over
ˈslēp-ō-vər
: an overnight stay at another's home or an instance of having others stay at one's own home
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