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half-night stand en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Back formation from one-night stand.

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) A single sexual encounter between two individuals, lasting for less than an entire night, where at least one of the partners has no immediate intention or expectation of establishing a longer-term sexual or romantic relationship.
    • Near-synonyms: hit and run; pump and dump; wham, bam, thank you ma'am
    • Allison had not even reached mistress status, just a half-night stand. 2001, Howard Dando, Dancers in the Dark, →ISBN:
    • He'd been the byproduct of a quart of Old Bushmills and a half-night stand. 2015, Bob Siqveland, Simple Witness, →ISBN, page 53:
    • Still, as he refused to concede that he was incapable of fucking, in the years that followed, there were more forgettable half-night stands. 2012, Arnold Snyder, Risk of Ruin, →ISBN, page 143:

Forms

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half-night stands Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

one-night stand · one-minute stand

Synonyms

hit and run · pump and dump · wham, bam, thank you ma'am