ENGLISH DICTIONARY

One-hit

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: One-hit is a verb meaning (transitive, gaming) To defeat or kill in a single hit.

Meaning

(transitive, gaming) To defeat or kill in a single hit.

More Meanings

  1. (transitive, baseball) To pitch so that the other team only makes a single hit.

Example Sentences

The Dodgers beat Arizona on Thursday afternoon, 6-3, with Chris Heisey hitting a grand slam and five relievers combining to one-hit the Diamondbacks over the final four innings.
Wainwright’s gem came a night after Cardinals left-hander J.A. Happ and three relievers combined to one-hit the Pirates, who have lost seven straight games and 17 of their last 22.
No, one-hitting a dude with a basic spell isn't particularly challenging, but god does it feel good knowing I can only pull that off because I stacked rare Gifts in comically broken ways.

Word Forms

Synonyms for one-hit

Depending on context, synonyms include one-tap, instakill.

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