sleepover
Use Sleepover in a sentence
vər noun
1.
an instance of sleeping over, as at another person's house.
2.
a person who sleeps over.
Origin:
1970–75; noun use of verb phrase sleep over
1970–75; noun use of verb phrase sleep over
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| —n | |
| informal chiefly (US) an instance of spending the night at someone else's home | |
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Sleepover
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Example sentences
She skipped her normal bedtime bath because of the sleepover.
Some will stay out for a few nights before returning to the stockades, as though they'd been away at a sleepover.
We would babysit three days a week in their home and have them sleepover at our house almost every weekend.
It can be used short-term for an important sleepover, or prescribed for long-term use for months.
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