Idiom: One-Night Stand
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An occasion when a performer or team of them (especially in vaudeville) expects to perform at a theater for a single evening.
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.
Either of the two partners involved in such a single sexual encounter.
Alternative form of one-night-stand
Example Sentences
1
I regretted having a one-night stand with that stranger.
2
She told her friends about her wild one-night stand in Vegas.
3
He didn't expect his one-night stand to turn into a long-term relationship.
4
After the party, she woke up next to a stranger—a classic one-night stand.
5
He felt guilty about cheating on his partner during a one-night stand.
