One-night Stand - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 one-night stand From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishone-night standˌone-night ˈstand noun [countable]    1 informal a) SYSEX/HAVE SEX WITHan occasion when two people have sex, but do not meet each other again  I’m not into one-night stands. b) SYSEX/HAVE SEX WITHa person that you have sex with once and do not see again2 APMAPTa performance of music or a play that is given only once in a particular placeExamples from the Corpusone-night stand• Back in California, where I came out, I was lucky to get a one-night stand.• But the fact is, the show was more of a one-night stand than a true reunion.• Making this into what - a one-night stand?• A one-night stand with a waitress, played by Goldie Hawn, leads to her taking over his empty home.• The band was exhausted from playing a succession of one-night stands around the country.• Remember, the one-night stand will not he repeated. Quizzes Quizzes

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