Needing only a single attempt to become effective. / Unique; occurring only once. / Performing all the necessary steps on every occurrence, rather than relying on previous setup.

(video games) To kill or destroy with a single hit.

(television, film, comics) A television program, film, or comic book that is not part of a series. / (film) A cinematographic shot of a person talking to camera; a talking head.

(film) A camera shot that focuses on a single subject.

plural of one-shot

plural of one shot

present participle of one-shot

simple past tense and past participle of one-shot

(computing) An object categorization problem, mainly in computer vision, involving the classification of objects based on one, or only a few, examples.

(colloquial) To breezily try to attract a romantic partner, especially when the chances of succeeding are slim; to take a chance.