One-liner
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: One-liner is a noun meaning A short joke, especially one of a single sentence.
Meaning
A short joke, especially one of a single sentence.
More Meanings
- A short remark intended as a sound bite.
- (computing) A command or small program consisting of a single line of input.
- (computing) A chat feature on a bulletin board system or web page where users can post a single line of text at a time.
Example Sentences
witty one-liners
ALMOST without exception, Moore’s narrators have comic yet dark stories to tell: they fire off crisp, De Vriesian one-liners and then, when you least expect it, sneak in wrenching revelations.
Every crass or tone-deaf moment – including a sexual encounter between Eggsy and a socialite, played by Poppy Delevingne, that at best feels entirely misjudged and at worst a complete betrayal of Eggsy’s cheeky but ultimately quite sweet character – is matched by a wonderfully droll one-liner or nugget of razor-sharp satire.
Word Forms
- one-liners
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tagline, one-hitter, niblet, button, snippock, tidbit.
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