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one-night stand en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. An occasion when a performer or team of them (especially in vaudeville) expects to perform at a theater for a single evening.
    • 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. 1948, Barré Lyndon, Jonathan Latimer (screenplay), Night Has a Thousand Eyes (motion picture), spoken by John Triton (Edward G. Robinson):
    • Again, when the affair is over, I catch a glimpse of myself running to catch a train for our next one-night stand. 1916 March 25, Irvin S. Cobb, “"Unaccustomed as I am—"”, in Saturday Evening Post:
  2. (idiomatic) 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.
    • Near-synonyms: hit and run; pump and dump; wham, bam, thank you ma'am
  3. (idiomatic) Either of the two partners involved in such a single sexual encounter.
    • “So she was just a one-night stand like all the rest?” 2011, Jane Graves, Black Ties and Lullabies, Forever, published 2011, →ISBN:
    • 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. 2004, Paul G. Nation, The Jacksonville Four: Living Where Money Grows on Trees, AuthorHouse, published 2004, →ISBN, page 20:
    • She was a one-night stand he'd met at the gym, and Herschel couldn't remember her name. 2009, HoneyB, Single Husbands, Grand Central Publishing, →ISBN, unnumbered page:

Forms

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one-night stands Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

half-night stand · one-minute stand

Hypernyms

hookup

Synonyms

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

Translations (64)

de One-Night-Stand (sexual encounter) · nb engangsligg (sexual encounter) · cs jednorázovka (either of the two partners) · nl avontuurtje (sexual encounter) · nl onenightstand (sexual encounter) · fr aventure sans lendemain (sexual encounter) · sw ngono ya usiku mmoja (sexual encounter) · es representación única (theatrical) · cs vztah na jednu noc (sexual encounter) · fi yhden yön juttu (sexual encounter) · ja 一夜の情事 (sexual encounter) · scn ficcata (sexual encounter) · scn futtuta (sexual encounter) · es choque y fuga (sexual encounter) · scn nfilata (sexual encounter) · cmn 單場演出 /单场演出 (theatrical) · pl zdradzający partner (either of the two partners) · pt ficante (either of the two partners) · fi yksittäisnäytös (theatrical) · cmn 419 (sexual encounter) · ar لِقَاء جِنْسِيّ لِلَيْلَة وَاحِدَة (sexual encounter) · cmn 一夜情 (sexual encounter) · ja 一夜限りの関係 (sexual encounter) · pt ficada (sexual encounter) · es aventura de una noche (sexual encounter) · fr coup d'un soir (sexual encounter) · nb one night stand (sexual encounter) · it singola rappresentazione (theatrical) · pl skok w bok (sexual encounter) · ru рома́н на одну́ ночь (sexual encounter) · cy unnos (theatrical) · sv one-night stand (sexual encounter) · hu egyéjszakás kaland (sexual encounter) · da one-night stand (sexual encounter) · is einnar nætur gaman (sexual encounter) · is skyndikynni (sexual encounter) · fr coucherie (sexual encounter) · sv engångsligg (sexual encounter) · da engangsknald (sexual encounter) · pl skok w bok (theatrical) · es amante de una noche (either of the two partners) · sv ragg (sexual encounter) · cs známost na jednu noc (either of the two partners) · de einmalige Angelegenheit (sexual encounter) · ko 원나잇 (sexual encounter) · id cinta satu malam (sexual encounter) · scn azziccata (sexual encounter) · ru случа́йная связь (sexual encounter) · vi tình một đêm (either of the two partners) · tr tek gecelik ilişki (sexual encounter) · sh veza za jednu noć (sexual encounter) · fi hoito (sexual encounter) · eo ununokta amoro (sexual encounter) · cs jednorázovka (sexual encounter) · scn trummata (sexual encounter) · it una botta e via (sexual encounter) · cmn 一夜情對象 /一夜情对象 (either of the two partners) · sv ligg (sexual encounter) · vi tình một đêm (sexual encounter) · fi yhden yön juttu (either of the two partners) · pt apresentação única (theatrical) · fr soirée unique (theatrical) · nl onenightstand (either of the two partners) · he סטוץ (sexual encounter)