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one-shot

[wuhn-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.

    a one-shot solution.

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of one-shot1

First recorded in 1905–10
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America's Sam Burns will take a one-shot lead into Sunday's final round of the US Open after a terrific finish to the third round at Oakmont.

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His 69 was enough to finish five over for a one-shot win over Furyk and Tiger Woods.

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The 25-year-old started the final round with a one-shot lead and extended her lead to two with her first birdie of the day at the sixth as her playing partner Julia Lopez Ramirez struggled.

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It seemed incredibly challenging — it’s basically a one-shot.

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Yet OK Go is still at it: Last month the group released its latest one-shot video for the song “Love,” for which Kulash and his co-directors installed dozens of mirrors on powerful robotic arms inside an old Budapest train station to create a kind of kaleidoscopic obstacle course.

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