Meaning of one-night stand | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An occasion when a performer or team of them (especially in vaudeville) expects to perform at a theater for a single evening.
2. A single sexual encounter between two individuals, where at least one of the partners has no immediate intention or expectation of establishing a longer-term sexual or romantic relationship.
   idiomatic
3. Either of the two partners involved in such a single sexual encounter.
   idiomatic

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Examples

“Again, when the affair is over, I catch⟳ a glimpse of myself running to catch⟳ a train⟳ for our next one-night stand⟳.”

“It wasn't until the third or fourth or fifth drops that I became aware of this rain⟳ that was to engulf my life. I remember⟳ the date⟳, August 3, 1928. We were playing a one-night stand⟳ in a small town in Louisiana, Glenberry.”

“Near-synonyms: hit and run⟳; pump and dump⟳; wham, bam, thank⟳ you ma'am”

“Chet's mom was never home. She always went out gambling, partying and staying overnight with one of her sugar daddies. Chet never met his father. He was just a one-night stand⟳ she'd had eighteen years ago.”

“She was a one-night stand⟳ he'd met at the gym, and Herschel couldn't remember⟳ her name⟳.”

““So she was just a one-night stand⟳ like⟳ all the rest⟳?””

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