half-night stand
- noun
- /hæf naɪt stænd/
- NSFW
:
aventura de una noche
- She joked that it was just a half-night stand, not the start of something serious.
Examples
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Their meeting ended in a half-night stand, with both leaving before midnight.
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Did you hear about his half-night stand last weekend?
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He laughed and admitted it was only a half-night stand and nothing more.
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She had a half-night stand during her vacation.
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He admitted that last night was only a half-night stand and nothing more.
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After the party, she laughed and said it was just a half-night stand without any commitments.
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Their flirtation turned into a half-night stand, ending with them parting ways before dawn.
Synonyms
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6.3
A sexual encounter that happens for only one night and does not continue
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8.2
A casual sexual or romantic meeting with no long-term commitment
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9.9
A person you have sex with once without a relationship
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
half-night + stand
The element 'half-night' clearly conveys a short duration (half of a night), but the use of 'stand' in phrases like 'one-night stand' is idiomatic and does not mean the literal action of standing. A B1 learner who knows the constituent words would likely infer the brief temporal aspect but would not reliably derive the sexual/romantic meaning without prior exposure, so the expression is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Half-night stand is a short twist on the older 'one-night stand' and paints a clear picture: a half-night, part of the night, and a stand, a very brief meeting. So it means 'a brief and not serious romantic or sexual encounter'.