Usually means: Single attempt, no repeated tries.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word one-shot:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. one-shot: Merriam-Webster
  2. one-shot: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. one-shot: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. one-shot, one-shot: Collins English Dictionary
  5. One-Shot, One-shot, one-shot: Wordnik
  6. one-shot: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. one-shot: Wiktionary
  8. one-shot: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. one-shot: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. one-shot: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. one-shot: Dictionary.com
  12. one-shot: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. one-shot: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. one-shot: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  15. one-shot: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. One-Shot: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. one-shot: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. One-shot: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. one-shot: Electronics
  2. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Needing only a single attempt to become effective.
adjective:  Unique; occurring only once.
adjective:  Performing all the necessary steps on every occurrence, rather than relying on previous setup.
adjective:  (research design) Measuring something at a single point in time, with no control group.
adjective:  Pertaining to a single shot.
adjective:  Involving a single gunshot.
adjective:  Holding 1.5 ounces.
adjective:  (sports) Involving a single act of launching a ball.
noun:  (television, film, comics) A television program, film, or comic book that is not part of a series.
noun:  (film) A cinematographic shot of a person talking to camera; a talking head.
noun:  (electronics) A monostable multivibrator.
noun:  (programming) A programmable interval timer.
noun:  Something that occurs only once; a one-off.
noun:  A type of long-lasting paint.
noun:  (music) A music sample that is played without immediate repetition.
noun:  (fandom slang) A fanfic of only one chapter.
noun:  A single appearance by a performer.
noun:  A gun that must be reloaded after firing a single shot.
noun:  A product that is sold on its own, rather than as part of a line of products.
noun:  (video games) A player that can be killed in a single hit.
verb:  (video games) To kill or destroy with a single hit.

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