ONE-SHOT


Meaning of ONE-SHOT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈwən-ˌshät ]

adjective

Date: 1927

1. : that is complete or effective through being done or used or applied only once

there is no easy one-shot answer to the problem

2. : that is not followed by something else of the same kind

a one-shot tax cut

• one-shot noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.