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one liner
one-lin·er
/
ˈwʌnˈlaɪ
nər
/
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[
wuhn
-
lahy
-ner
]
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noun
a brief joke or amusing remark.
Origin:
1965–70,
Americanism;
one line
+
-er
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one-liner
—
n
informal
a short joke or witty remark or riposte
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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00:10
One liner
is always a great word to know.
So is
flibbertigibbet
. Does it mean:
So is
doohickey
. Does it mean:
So is
gobo
. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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Word Origin & History
one-liner
"short joke, witty remark," 1969, from one + line.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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