Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Needing only a single attempt to become effective.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Unique; occurring only once.
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Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Performing all the necessary steps on every occurrence, rather than relying on previous setup.
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Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Measuring something at a single point in time, with no control group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: research design
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adj
Pertaining to a single shot.
Involving a single gunshot.
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Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Pertaining to a single shot.
Holding 1.5 ounces.
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Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Pertaining to a single shot.
Involving a single act of launching a ball.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
A television program, film, or comic book that is not part of a series.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, comics, film, literature, media, publishing, television
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noun
A cinematographic shot of a person talking to camera; a talking head.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
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noun
A monostable multivibrator.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
A programmable interval timer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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noun
Something that occurs only once; a one-off.
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noun
A music sample that is played without immediate repetition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
A fanfic of only one chapter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: lifestyle
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noun
A single appearance by a performer.
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noun
A gun that must be reloaded after firing a single shot.
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noun
A product that is sold on its own, rather than as part of a line of products.
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noun
A player that can be killed in a single hit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: video-games
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verb
Alternative form of oneshot
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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History
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Across languages
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