one-night stand

noun

: a performance (as of a play or concert) given (as by a traveling group of actors or musicians) only once in each of a series of localities

: a locality used for one-night stands

: a stopover for a one-night stand

: a sexual encounter limited to a single occasion

also : a partner in such an encounter

Examples of one-night stand in a Sentence

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All of the visits are one-night stands, with the exception of two nights at Knoxville’s Tennessee Theatre on Aug. 23-24. —

Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Dec. 2024 The last time Horgan saw Fisher at dinner in London, the actresses had been there working on season 3 of Catastrophe — the 2015 sitcom Horgan and Rob Delaney created and starred in about a couple who got pregnant after a one-night stand. —

Julia Moore, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024 Then the actor allegedly confessed to Stone about the one-night stand. —

Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 21 Oct. 2024 The 1986 film About Last Night stars Demi Moore and Rob Lowe in a movie about a one-night stand that turns into a relationship. —

Joe Reid, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for one-night stand

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler

The first known use of one-night stand was in 1880

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“One-night stand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one-night%20stand. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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