ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Oneshot

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Oneshot is a verb meaning (video games, slang) To kill or destroy with a single hit; to instakill.

Meaning

(video games, slang) To kill or destroy with a single hit; to instakill.

(Internet slang) To rapidly overwhelm and gain influence over (someone).
(Internet slang, especially of genAI) To successfully complete a task in a single try.
Alternative form of one-shot.

Demo oneshotting a multiplayer Pong in Go ↓

The CIA couldn't have dreamed up a oneshotting as effective as sending thousands of American girls to RedNote

This whole thread is a goldmine of women who have been oneshotted by parasocial relationships. Yap hands in abundance.

Thus, to generalise wildly for much larger regions on the basis of oneshot research is, to put it mildly, quite foolhardy.

Depending on context, synonyms include one-tap.

Related dictionary entries include super-shot, onehanded, gut shot, sun-shot, singlehanded, gun-shy.

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