single-shot

[ sing-guhl-shot ]

adjective

1. (of a firearm) requiring loading before each shot; not having or using a cartridge magazine.

Word History and Origins

Origin of single-shot¹

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Example Sentences

As it happened, there were not shots fired, only a single shot.

From The Daily Beast

For Electro, we had to build 3-D models of that character and apply it to every single shot.

From The Daily Beast

And yet, in the P&G ads, there is not a single shot of a father interacting with an athlete.

From The Daily Beast

The arms that the founding fathers said we had a right to bear were single shot muskets.

From The Daily Beast

The stop-motion animation took about 18 months, but with pre-production, where you storyboarded every single shot, it did add up.

From The Daily Beast

Only a single shot was fired back, but this came from a heavy gun and was aimed by an old hunter.

From Project Gutenberg

At this moment, a single shot was heard in the distance, and a ball whistled through the air over their heads.

From Project Gutenberg

It is true; for steady and cool were my brave fellows, and did not wish to throw away a single shot.

From Project Gutenberg

We bagged as dangerous a lot of men as ever were banded together, and without firing a single shot.

From Project Gutenberg

Before they had time to try if the wire connected only with the boathouse, a single shot sprang from across the drive.

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