one-shot
Use One-shot in a sentence
noun Also, one shot.
1.
a magazine, brochure, or the like that is published only one time, with no subsequent issues intended, usually containing articles and photographs devoted to one topical subject.
2.
a single appearance by a performer, as in a play, motion picture, or television program.
3.
a close-up camera shot of one person.
4.
something occurring, done, used, etc., only once.
adjective
5.
occurring, done, etc., only once.
6.
achieved or accomplished with a single try: a one-shot solution.
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One-shot
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Origin:
1905–10
1905–10
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Word Origin & History
one-shot
1907, "achieved in a single attempt" (original ref. is to golf). Meaning "happening or of use only once" is from 1937.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Under current practice, some guarantors consider such borrowers to have used up the one-shot chance.
We were not simply here to write a one-shot manifesto.
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