Definitions for one-shot

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Spelling: [wuhn-shot]

IPA: /ˈwʌnˌʃɒt/

One-Shot is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 3 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 4 points.

You can make 167 anagrams from letters in one-shot (-ehnoost).

Definitions for one-shot

noun

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

1. occurring, done, etc., only once.
2. achieved or accomplished with a single try:

Origin of one-shot

First recorded in 1905-10

Examples for one-shot

Even worse, the stimulus legislation, predictably, proved to be a one-shot wonder.

Then comes the third before mentioned, which is a one-shot hole.

I am going to sit down with a lawyer to go over my case and the application, since this is only a one-shot deal.

Your intuition for the one-shot gamble was the one thing that bailed us out this time.

Twenty-five thousand bucks would get you one nice spread in the Post, but what kind of a one-shot campaign would that be?

Sanctions and saber-rattling alone were never going to do the trick, nor would periodic efforts at one-shot diplomacy.

one-shot holiday needs can also lead to yearlong sustainable relationships.

On a one-shot gamble of this kind, the 'laws' of chance are no good at all.

It was only when he opened his mouth that one-shot Braun was in the suit with him.

Each one speaks alone and directly to the camera, shown exclusively in a one-shot.