nooner
Americannoun
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an activity undertaken during the lunch hour.
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a brief midday sexual encounter.
Etymology
Origin of nooner
Example Sentences
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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.
From Los Angeles Times
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.
From Los Angeles Times
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.
From Seattle Times
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.
From Los Angeles Times
The thing about it, Nooner said, was that it wasn’t out of the ordinary.
From Los Angeles Times
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