Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

one-and-done

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.52 in modern English

Syllables: one-and--done
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something that is completed or accomplished only once, never to be done again.

Informal

noun

A basketball player who plays college basketball for a single year and then declares for the NBA draft.

Slang

noun

The act of a team making the postseason playoffs but losing the very first game played in it.

American usage; Informal

noun

A family in which the parents decide to have only one child.

Example Sentences

"John Calipari's Kentucky squad was made up of one-and-done players."

Usage

Informal
Slang
American usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Sports.

Inflected Forms

one-and-dones (plural)

Phrases

one pump chump

Frequently Paired Words

one pump chump

Questions

What does one-and-done mean?: Something that is completed or accomplished only once, never to be done again.

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