one-night stands

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.
   • Again, when the affair is over, I catch a glimpse of myself running to catch a train for our next one-night stand.1916 March 25, Irvin S. Cobb, “"Unaccustomed as I am—"”, in Saturday Evening Post
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.
   • Near-synonyms: hit and run; pump and dump; wham, bam, thank you ma'am

   Synonyms:

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

3. (idiomatic) Either of the two partners involved in such a single sexual encounter.
   • Chet's mom was never home. She always went out gambling, partying and staying overnight with one of her sugar daddies. Chet never met his father. He was just a one-night stand she'd had eighteen years ago.2004, Paul G. Nation, The Jacksonville Four: Living Where Money Grows on Trees, AuthorHouse, published 2004, →ISBN, page 20