one shot

1. 1.

   a charge of ammunition for a single shot

   Synonymsroundunit of ammunition

   Broaderammunition

Questions about one shot

What does one shot mean?

one shot means "a charge of ammunition for a single shot".

What is another word for one shot?

Close synonyms include round, unit of ammunition. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is one shot a common word?

one shot is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.