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

Recent Examples on the Web 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 Popular on Variety The plot unfolds during the one-night stand of two characters known as only The Lady (Willa Fitzgerald) and The Demon (Kyle Gallner). —

Rudie Obias, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024 Where to watch Broadchurch: Amazon Prime Video 03 of 21 Catastrophe (2015–2019) Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney created and starred in this terrific sitcom about a one-night stand that turns into a most unexpected partnership. —

Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2024 After a one-night stand, a lonely gay man falls into a new kind of relationship with a married couple in this uniquely modern romantic comedy. —

Pat Saperstein, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for one-night stand

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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 5 Nov. 2024.

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