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one liner

one liner is the alternative form of one-liner.

Meaning of one-liner

Noun

one-liner (plural one-liners)

  1. A short joke, especially one of a single sentence.
    • witty one-liners
  2. A short remark intended as a sound bite.
  3. A command or small program consisting of a single line of input.
  4. A chat feature on a bulletin board system or web page where users can post a single line of text at a time.

Forms of one liner

pluralone liners

Questions about one liner

What is one liner the alternative form of?
One liner is the alternative form of one-liner.

Words near one liner in the dictionary

  1. one joke
  2. one jump ahead
  3. one kind
  4. one L
  5. one legged
  6. one liner
  7. one liners
  8. one little duck
  9. one love
  10. one Ls
  11. one man and a dog

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