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View synonyms for one-night stand

one-night stand

[ wuhn-nahyt stand ]

noun

  1. a single performance in one locale, as by a touring theatrical company, before moving on to the next engagement.
  2. a place where such a performance is given.
  3. Slang.
    1. a single, unrepeated sexual encounter, as one lasting for just one night.
    2. a participant in such an encounter.


one-night stand

noun

  1. a performance given only once at any one place
  2. informal.
    1. a sexual encounter lasting only one evening or night
    2. a person regarded as being only suitable for such an encounter


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Word History and Origins

Origin of one-night stand1

one-night stand def 1 is an Americanism dating back to 1875–80; one-night stand def 3 was first recorded in 1935–40.

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Example Sentences

She’s had a one-night stand with a cute hotel waiter and a few dates with a perfect-on-paper guy with whom she felt no tangible connection.

While Monroe’s friends insisted it was nothing more than a one-night stand, that didn’t curb wild press speculation.

From Ozy

I recently found out one of my sons had a one-night stand with a woman he knew but was not in a relationship with.

Cassie Bowden’s bad luck begins during a one-night stand from hell.

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“Ties that Tether” A Canadian Nigerian heroine has a one-night stand with Rafael, and, oops, it wasn’t a one-night stand after all.

I ask him a question about his rumored one-night stand with Salon reporter Tracy Clark-Flory.

Rivers told Howard Stern in 2012 she had had affairs while married to Rosenberg, including a one-night stand with Robert Mitchum.

Elizabeth Banks stars as a woman who has to traverse a city after losing her wallet post-one-night stand.

Author Joe McGinniss writes that she and Rice had a one-night stand nine months before she married Todd Palin.

My own travels had been more of the Drink, Scream, Ill-Advised One-Night-Stand variety.

The tractor was churning through the sand just before sundown, heading toward another one-night stand at a new village.

By the way, Mr. Morgan, we shall leave your trunks, but I can supply you with everything for a 'one-night stand.'

I began to feel more like an extra super in a one-night stand than a real soldier.

The first test of his resource came at a one-night stand—Waupaca, Iowa—where "Lemons" was billed as a feature.

Applications for time had to be made individually to every manager direct, even in the case of the most obscure one-night stand.

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