one-and-done

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Something that is completed or accomplished only once, never to be done again.
  2. A basketball player who plays college basketball for a single year and then declares for the NBA draft.
  3. 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.

Pronunciation

En-au-one-and-done.ogg

Word forms

one-and-done one-and-dones

Related words

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