SLEEPOVER

sleepover

(noun) 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)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sleepover (plural sleepovers)

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

Hyponyms: pyjama party, slumber party

An overnight guest.

Anagrams

• overpeels, oversleep

Source: Wiktionary



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