one-night stand
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one-night stand
noun one-night stands
- An occasion when a performer or team of them (especially in vaudeville) expects to perform at a theater for a single evening. Again, when the affair is over, I catch a glimpse of myself running to catch a train for our next one-night stand.
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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.
Near-synonyms: hit and run; pump and dump; wham, bam, thank you ma'am
Similar: hit and run, pump and dump, wham, bam, thank you ma'am
- Either of the two partners involved in such a single sexual encounter. 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.
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noun sexual encounter
| Español | aventura de una noche, choque y fuga |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 원나잇 wonnait |
| 日本語 | 一夜限りの関係 ichiya kagiri no kankei, 一夜の情事 ichiya no jōji |
| 中文 | 一夜情 yíyèqīng, 419 four-one-nine |
| Kiswahili | ngono ya usiku mmoja |
| Português | ficada |
| Français | coup d'un soir, coucherie, aventure sans lendemain |
| Deutsch | einmalige Angelegenheit, One-Night-Stand |
| Italiano | una botta e via |
| Русский | рома́н на одну́ ночь román na odnú nočʹ, случа́йная связь slučájnaja svjazʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | tình một đêm |
| العربية | لِقَاء جِنْسِيّ لِلَيْلَة وَاحِدَة liqāʔ jinsiyy li-layla wāḥida |
| עברית | סטוץ stutz |
noun theatrical
| Español | representación única |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 單場演出 /单场演出 |
| Português | apresentação única |
| Français | soirée unique |
| Italiano | singola rappresentazione |
noun either of the two partners
| Español | amante de una noche |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 一夜情對象 /一夜情对象 yīyèqíng duìxiàng |
| Português | ficante |
| Tiếng Việt | tình một đêm |
Talk about this word "one-night stand." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/one-night%20stand. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. one-night stand. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/one-night%20stand "one-night stand." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/one-night%20stand.Cite this
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title = {one-night stand},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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