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
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But his fear of commitment greater than a one-night stand is apparently rooted in family dysfunction, especially feelings of guilt over his twin brother’s car-accident death.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
Charlie Cox's titular vigilante hero has since made a couple of cameos in other Marvel projects, most notably as a one-night stand for Tatiana Maslany's She-Hulk in 2022.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 Jan. 2025
Babes Year: 2024 Runtime: 1h 44m Director: Pamela Adlon
Ilana Glazer of Broad City is hysterical in this pregnancy comedy about a single woman who gets knocked up on a one-night stand, only for her baby daddy to drop dead.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
The pair meet on the night of their university graduation (having run in vastly different social circles), enjoy an amusing (yet ultimately failed) attempt at a one-night stand, and their lives end up becoming irrevocably intertwined in the aftermath.
—refinery29.com, 27 Dec. 2024
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
Charlie Cox's titular vigilante hero has since made a couple of cameos in other Marvel projects, most notably as a one-night stand for Tatiana Maslany's She-Hulk in 2022.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 Jan. 2025
Babes Year: 2024 Runtime: 1h 44m Director: Pamela Adlon
Ilana Glazer of Broad City is hysterical in this pregnancy comedy about a single woman who gets knocked up on a one-night stand, only for her baby daddy to drop dead.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
The pair meet on the night of their university graduation (having run in vastly different social circles), enjoy an amusing (yet ultimately failed) attempt at a one-night stand, and their lives end up becoming irrevocably intertwined in the aftermath.
—refinery29.com, 27 Dec. 2024
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“One-night stand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one-night%20stand. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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