ˌone-night ˈstand noun [countable]1. informal a) an occasion when two people have sex, but do not meet each other again:
I’m not into one-night stands. b) a person that you have sex with once and do not see again
2. a performance of music or a play that is given only once in a particular place
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
one night stand n. phr. 1. A single performance given by a traveling company while on a tour.
After they went bankrupt in the big cities, the traveling jazz quartet played one-night stands in the country. 2. A brief affair or sexual encounter.
"With AIDS all around us?" said Jane. "Nobody is having one-night stands anymore." [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲