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one-and-done

one-and-done noun: something that is completed or accomplished only once, never to be done again.

Noun

one-and-done (plural one-and-dones)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) Something that is completed or accomplished only once, never to be done again.
  2. (slang) A basketball player who plays college basketball for a single year and then declares for the NBA draft.
    • John Calipari's Kentucky squad was made up of one-and-done players.
  3. (US, informal) The act of a team making the postseason playoffs but losing the very first game played in it.
  4. A family in which the parents decide to have only one child.

Forms of one-and-done

pluralone-and-dones

Questions about one-and-done

What does one-and-done mean?
One-and-done means something that is completed or accomplished only once, never to be done again.
What part of speech is one-and-done?
One-and-done is a noun.
What is the plural of one-and-done?
The plural of one-and-done is one-and-dones.

Words near one-and-done in the dictionary

  1. one-act
  2. one-acter
  3. one-acters
  4. one-ahead
  5. one-and-a-half-spaced
  6. one-and-done
  7. one-and-dones
  8. one-and-one
  9. one-and-ones
  10. one-and-twenty
  11. one-arm bandit

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