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ONE-NIGHT STAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A performance in one place on one night only
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("one-night stand" is a kind of...):
performance (the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A brief sexual encounter lasting only for a single night
Example:
he ran through a series of loveless one-night stands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("one-night stand" is a kind of...):
promiscuity; promiscuousness; sleeping around (indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations)
