one-night stand
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An occasion when a performer or team of them (especially in vaudeville) expects to perform at a theater for a single evening.
noun
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.
Example Sentences
- "Again, when the affair is over, I catch a glimpse of myself running to catch a train for our next one-night stand."
- "It wasn't until the third or fourth or fifth drops that I became aware of this rain that was to engulf my life. I remember the date, August 3, 1928. We were playing a one-night stand in a small town in Louisiana, Glenberry."
- "Near-synonyms: hit and run; pump and dump; wham, bam, thank you ma'am"
- "Chet's mom was never home. She always went out gambling, partying and staying overnight with one of her sugar daddies. Chet never met his father. He was just a one-night stand she'd had eighteen years ago."
- "She was a one-night stand he'd met at the gym, and Herschel couldn't remember her name."
- "“So she was just a one-night stand like all the rest?”"