slumber party
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈslʌmbər ˈpɑrti/
- Informal
:
fiesta de pijamas
- At the slumber party, the kids wore their pajamas and stayed up late talking and laughing.
Gather You here today for a slumber party.
- Gather You here today for a slumber party.
- You have one minute to create an outfit for a slumber party.
- And then he yelled, Oh, she tried to French kiss my nose and ran out and told the entire slumber party group.
- We had a slumber party and this is kind of fucking rogue.
Examples
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"We had the best slumber party ever!" cried Gretch.
Fiction book (1990) -
You can stay overnight, we'll have a little slumber party.
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I was at a slumber party with my friends.
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We were looking for you at the slumber party.
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- We're having a slumber party.
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We decided to have a slumber party... you and me and your pop and whoever else wants to go, okay?
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Jed is having a slumber party on New Year's Eve, and he invited me.
Fiction book (1993) -
Plus, I get to have a weekend-long slumber party with two of my favorite runners.
Blog text (31) -
Annie is going to stay for a slumber party with Belle (on my bed).
Blog text (33) -
Gretch took advantage of the movement in the room to whisper to Christina, "I'm having a slumber party this Saturday night."
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
81
2.1
A night when someone, usually a child, stays at a friend's house to play and sleep
Antonyms
8
2.5
A place where children spend the day doing activities with adults and go home at night
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently built from 'slumber' (sleep) + 'party' (social gathering); a learner who knows both words can infer it is a party that involves sleeping or staying overnight. This compound follows clear compositional logic (cf. 'sleepover'/'pajama party') and is readily understandable to B1 learners.
Etymology
Slumber party comes from joining slumber, an old word for 'sleep', and party, and it names a party where friends stay overnight in their nightclothes, talk, and play games. So the phrase literally means a 'sleep' party, which is why it refers to an overnight gathering.