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one-night stand

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. one-night standnoun

    a brief sexual encounter lasting only for a single night

    "he ran through a series of loveless one-night stands"

  2. one-night standnoun

    a performance in one place on one night only

Wiktionary

  1. one-night standnoun

    An occasion when a performer or team of them (especially in vaudeville) expects to perform at a theater for a single evening.

  2. one-night standnoun

    A single sexual encounter between two individuals, where at least one of the parties 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.

Wikipedia

  1. One-night stand

    ‹See Tfd› A one-night stand or one-night sex is a single sexual encounter in which there is an expectation that there shall be no further relations between the sexual participants. It draws its name from the common practice of a one-night stand, a single night performance by an entertainer at a venue. The practice can be described as "sexual activity without emotional commitment or future involvement".

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  1. one-night stand

    A one-night stand refers to a sexual encounter between two people that lasts only for one night, with no expectation or intention of establishing a longer-term romantic or sexual relationship. This typically implies there will be no further contact or commitment after the encounter.

Wikidata

  1. One-night stand

    A one-night stand is a single sexual encounter with another person, regardless of any expectation of further relations. Participants in a one-night stand often have not known each other long and have had minimal time to get acquainted before engaging in sexual activity, and often have little to no contact with one another aside from sex. Many one-night stands occur when both participants are under the influence of alcohol or other drugs. A one-night stand can occur for different reasons. Examples of one-night stand participants include young adults exploring their sexuality or experimenting sexually; single people seeking to engage in sexual activity without any sort of commitment or relationship; or married people who desire extramarital sex without disturbing their marriage or family relationships through extramarital romantic relations. Where the people involved have regular sexual relations without romantic involvement, this is generally considered a casual relationship, which is distinct from a one-night stand.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of one-night stand in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of one-night stand in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of one-night stand in a Sentence

  1. Benjamin Vernot:

    We know that early humans and Neanderthals interbred. But we don't really know about that interaction. Did they live together or run into each other and have a one night stand ? early humans brought with them a new technology for making stone tools -- more nuanced, with material from new places. We have sites with the old tools that we associate with Neanderthals and new tools we know( early modern) humans made but we don't have bones associated with those tools. It's entirely possible we met them and taught them how to do this.

  2. Joe Tacopina:

    I’ve said all along, if he had just come out and said, ‘Yeah, I did. So what?’ And just chalk that up to another one of the things on his list of minor scandals, he gets through, but she went into great detail about her one-night stand with him. What else can she say? There is nothing else to tell.

  3. Kevork Altounian:

    If luck was a chick, seducing it towards me would have been a piece of cake! Yet who knows… it would have just been a one night stand and that would have just been it!!!

  4. Amy Loper:

    You had a really rotten day, but lucky for you your best friend is having an awesome party later. You go to the party and start drinking. You have a little too much to drink and start talking to this girl/guy you’ve never seen before. You head upstairs to better acquainted despite several friends telling you that you don’t even know this person. You end up having sex with this person. The next day you really can’t remember everything that happened and rely on your best friend to fill you in. A week later you find out that you contracted herpes from your one night stand and that this is a disease you will have all your life and never known when an outbreak will occur.

  5. Their Underwear:

    On stage, I talk about my boyfriend, and the two guys I dated, and my one and only one-night stand, and it sounds like 'This girl is a real Dumpster,' but really, over two years I slept with four people.


Translations for one-night stand

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  • لقاء جنسي لليلة واحدةArabic
  • one-night standDanish
  • einmalige Angelegenheit, One-Night-StandGerman
  • ένα βράδυGreek
  • aventura de una noche, cama de una noche, representación únicaSpanish
  • hoito, yksittäisnäytös, yhden yön juttuFinnish
  • liaison sans lendemain, one-night stand, soirée unique, coup d'un soir, coucherie, plan culFrench
  • einnar nætur gamanIcelandic
  • singola rappresentazione, una botta e viaItalian
  • 一夜限りの関係, 一夜の情事Japanese
  • avontuurtjeDutch
  • one-night standNorwegian
  • роман на одну ночь, случайная связьRussian
  • one-night stand, engångsligg, ligg, raggSwedish
  • ایک رات موقفUrdu

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