"one-and-done" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-one-and-done.ogg Forms: one-and-dones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} one-and-done (plural one-and-dones)
  1. (slang, basketball) A basketball player who plays college basketball for a single year and then declares for the NBA draft. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Basketball, College sports
    Sense id: en-one-and-done-en-noun-7YQZE3xc Disambiguation of College sports: 56 35 9 Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (US, informal, sports) The act of a team making the postseason playoffs but losing the very first game played in it. Tags: US, informal Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-one-and-done-en-noun-PDiws~I6 Categories (other): American English, English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplications, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 23 57 20 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 61 4 Disambiguation of English reduplications: 24 67 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 63 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 66 6 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. A family in which the parents decide to have only one child.
    Sense id: en-one-and-done-en-noun-VqMPc058
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: one pump chump

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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