one-timer

noun

one-tim·​er ˈwən-ˌtī-mər How to pronounce one-timer (audio)
: a shot (as in hockey or soccer) that is made by immediately striking a moving puck or ball (as when receiving a pass from a teammate) without first stopping and controlling it
one-time transitive verb
one-timed; one-timing
Paul Keegan made a steal on the right and cut the ball back, and Rocha one-timed a 16-yard blast into the roof of the net. Frank Dell'Apa

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Ovechkin took that advice to heart—and with each signature one-timer slammed in from the left side of the ice, his mementos have become more valuable. Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 7 Mar. 2025 Soucy then scored with a one-timer from the top of the right circle with 1:09 left in the second period to stretch the lead to 3-1. Staff and News Service Reports, Orange County Register, 6 Mar. 2025 Lindholm nudged him back, just before Morgan Geekie ripped the tying one-timer into the net with 1:11 remaining in regulation. Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025 The list features multiple Five-Timers Club members, those who have hosted SNL five times or more in its five-decade run, but also a few one-timers whose talents were just too hard to deny. Shannon Carlin, TIME, 15 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for one-timer

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First Known Use

1984, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of one-timer was in 1984

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“One-timer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one-timer. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

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