nooner

[noo-ner]

noun

Informal.

1. an activity undertaken during the lunch hour.

2. a brief midday sexual encounter.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nooner¹

noon + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Chadwick and fellow scientist Scott Nooner predicted the volcano’s 2015 eruption seven months before it happened after they realized the seafloor was inflating quite quickly and linearly.

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He and Nooner, of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, made the latest eruption prediction in July 2024 and posted it to their blog.

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This time it was a big nooner with Fox in town and the Nittany Lions coming off a White Out romp last week against Minnesota.

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The thing about it, Nooner said, was that it wasn’t out of the ordinary.

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Once during a summertime visit to Lue’s hometown of Mexico, Mo., one of Lue’s friends since high school, Terry Nooner, heard a friend of Lue’s grandmother talking trash over a game of cards.

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