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Meaning of one-night stand

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

one-night stand

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noun

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. As the phrase implies, the relationship lasts for only one night.

    Synonyms:pump and dumpwham, bam, thank you ma'am
  3. Either of the two partners involved in such a single sexual encounter.