"one-night stand" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-one-night stand.ogg Forms: one-night stands [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} one-night stand (plural one-night stands)
  1. An occasion when a performer or team of them (especially in vaudeville) expects to perform at a theater for a single evening. Categories (topical): Theater
    Sense id: en-one-night_stand-en-noun-634zzYu0 Disambiguation of Theater: 70 23 7
  2. (idiomatic) 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. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Sex Synonyms: pump and dump, wham, bam, thank you ma'am Translations (theatrical): yksittäisnäytös (Finnish), soirée unique [feminine] (French), singola rappresentazione [feminine] (Italian), apresentação única [feminine] (Portuguese), representación única [feminine] (Spanish), unnos [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-one-night_stand-en-noun-QHb2u08~ Disambiguation of Sex: 6 82 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 60 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 56 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 23 69 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 61 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 26 63 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 24 67 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 25 59 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 24 64 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 60 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 59 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 62 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 31 58 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 24 63 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 27 60 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 24 64 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 24 64 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 27 60 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 19 68 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 27 59 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 25 62 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 24 64 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 26 60 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 27 60 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 25 63 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 25 63 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 27 62 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 27 62 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 24 61 15 Disambiguation of 'theatrical': 31 39 30
  3. (idiomatic) Either of the two partners involved in such a single sexual encounter. Tags: idiomatic Translations (either of the two partners): yhden yön juttu (Finnish), ficante [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), amante de una noche [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-one-night_stand-en-noun-L4iHlvKP Disambiguation of 'either of the two partners': 3 15 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (sexual encounter): لِقَاء جِنْسِيّ لِلَيْلَة وَاحِدَة (liqāʔ jinsiyy li-layla wāḥida) (Arabic), 一夜情 (yíyèqīng) (Chinese Mandarin), 419 (four-one-nine) [slang] (Chinese Mandarin), engangsknald [neuter] (Danish), one-night stand [neuter] (Danish), avontuurtje [neuter] (Dutch), one-night stand [neuter] (Dutch), ununokta amoro (Esperanto), yhden yön juttu (Finnish), hoito (Finnish), coup d’un soir (French), coucherie [feminine] (French), aventure sans lendemain [feminine] (French), einmalige Angelegenheit [feminine] (German), One-Night-Stand [masculine] (German), סטוץ (stutz) [masculine] (Hebrew), egyéjszakás kaland (Hungarian), einnar nætur gaman [neuter] (Icelandic), skyndikynni [neuter, plural] (Icelandic), una botta e via (Italian), 一夜限りの関係 (ichiya kagiri no kankei) (alt: いちやかぎりのかんけい) (Japanese), 一夜の情事 (ichiya no jōji) (alt: いちやのじょうじ) (Japanese), 원나잇 (wonnait) (Korean), one night stand [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), engangsligg [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), ficada [feminine] (Portuguese), рома́н на одну́ ночь (román na odnú nočʹ) [masculine] (Russian), случа́йная связь (slučájnaja svjazʹ) [feminine] (Russian), veza za jednu noć [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ficcata [feminine] (Sicilian), futtuta [feminine] (Sicilian), trummata [feminine] (Sicilian), azziccata [feminine] (Sicilian), nfilata [feminine] (Sicilian), aventura de una noche [feminine] (Spanish), ngono ya usiku mmoja (Swahili), engångsligg (Swedish), ragg (Swedish), ligg (Swedish), one-night stand (Swedish), tek gecelik ilişki (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'sexual encounter': 2 47 50

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      "word": "One-Night-Stand"
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      "sense": "sexual encounter",
      "word": "una botta e via"
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      "sense": "sexual encounter",
      "word": "一夜限りの関係"
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      "sense": "sexual encounter",
      "word": "一夜の情事"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "wonnait",
      "sense": "sexual encounter",
      "word": "원나잇"
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      "sense": "sexual encounter",
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      "word": "one night stand"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "sexual encounter",
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      "sense": "sexual encounter",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ficada"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "román na odnú nočʹ",
      "sense": "sexual encounter",
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      "word": "рома́н на одну́ ночь"
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      "roman": "slučájnaja svjazʹ",
      "sense": "sexual encounter",
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      "word": "случа́йная связь"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "sexual encounter",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "veza za jednu noć"
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      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "sexual encounter",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ficcata"
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      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "sexual encounter",
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      "word": "futtuta"
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      "sense": "sexual encounter",
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      "word": "trummata"
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      "sense": "sexual encounter",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "azziccata"
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      "sense": "sexual encounter",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nfilata"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sexual encounter",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "aventura de una noche"
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "sexual encounter",
      "word": "ngono ya usiku mmoja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sexual encounter",
      "word": "engångsligg"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sexual encounter",
      "word": "ragg"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sexual encounter",
      "word": "ligg"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sexual encounter",
      "word": "one-night stand"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sexual encounter",
      "word": "tek gecelik ilişki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "either of the two partners",
      "word": "yhden yön juttu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "either of the two partners",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
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      "word": "ficante"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "either of the two partners",
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      "word": "amante de una noche"
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  "word": "one-night stand"
}

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