one-night stand

noun

1
: 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
2
a
: a locality used for one-night stands
b
: a stopover for a one-night stand
3
: 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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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 Magazine saying the cause of their breakup was that Garfield had a one-night stand while dating Stone. Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 21 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 11 Dec. 2024.

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