What Does Stand Mean in One Night Stand?

The ONE-NIGHT STAND, meaning a single performance or encounter, comes from the days of touring theater companies, who would perform for just one night in a town because that town was likely to provide only enough audience for a single night.

What is the full meaning of one-night stand?

1 : a performance (as of a play or concert) given (as by a traveling group of actors or musicians) only once in each of a series of localities. 2a : a locality used for one-night stands. b : a stopover for a one-night stand. 3 : a sexual encounter limited to a single occasion also : a partner in such an encounter.

What are one-night stands called?

A one-night stand is a single sexual encounter in which there is an expectation that there shall be no further relations between the sexual participants. ... The practice can be described as "sexual activity without emotional commitment or future involvement".

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