English Explanatory Dictionary

one-night stand

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An occasion when a performer or team of them (especially in vaudeville) expects to perform at a theater for a single evening.
  2. 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.
  3. Either of the two partners involved in such a single sexual encounter.

Pronunciation

En-au-one-night stand.ogg

Word forms

one-night stand one-night stands

Synonyms

hit and run pump and dump wham, bam, thank you ma'am

Translations

Arabic: لِقَاء جِنْسِيّ لِلَيْلَة وَاحِدَة Chinese Mandarin: 一夜情 Chinese Mandarin: 419 Czech: vztah na jednu noc Czech: jednorázovka Danish: engangsknald Danish: one-night stand Dutch: avontuurtje Dutch: onenightstand Esperanto: ununokta amoro Finnish: yhden yön juttu Finnish: hoito French: coup d'un soir French: coucherie French: aventure sans lendemain German: einmalige Angelegenheit German: One-Night-Stand Hebrew: סטוץ Hungarian: egyéjszakás kaland Icelandic: einnar nætur gaman Icelandic: skyndikynni Indonesian: cinta satu malam Italian: una botta e via Japanese: 一夜限りの関係 Japanese: 一夜の情事 Korean: 원나잇 Norwegian Bokmål: one night stand Norwegian Bokmål: engangsligg Polish: skok w bok Portuguese: ficada Russian: рома́н на одну́ ночь Russian: случа́йная связь Serbo-Croatian: veza za jednu noć Sicilian: ficcata Sicilian: futtuta Sicilian: trummata Sicilian: azziccata Sicilian: nfilata Spanish: aventura de una noche Spanish: choque y fuga Swahili: ngono ya usiku mmoja Swedish: engångsligg Swedish: ragg Swedish: ligg Swedish: one-night stand Turkish: tek gecelik ilişki Vietnamese: tình một đêm
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