"one-liner" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: one-liners [plural]
Etymology: one + line + -er Etymology templates: {{af|en|one|line|-er}} one + line + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} one-liner (plural one-liners)
  1. A short joke, especially one of a single sentence. Translations (short joke): остроумие (ostroumie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), sutkaus (Finnish), letkaus (Finnish), bon mot [masculine] (French), mot d’esprit [masculine] (French), trait [masculine] (French), Einzeiler [masculine] (German), остро́та (ostróta) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-one-liner-en-noun-oaSOIT7e Disambiguation of 'short joke': 89 11 0
  2. A short remark intended as a sound bite. Categories (topical): Comedy
    Sense id: en-one-liner-en-noun-z74g1jFu Disambiguation of Comedy: 6 47 47
  3. (computing) A command or small program consisting of a single line of input. Categories (topical): Computing, Comedy
    Sense id: en-one-liner-en-noun-xAM01r0m Disambiguation of Comedy: 6 47 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 17 76 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 28 61 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 11 33 56 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 7 35 59 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: one liner Related terms: tagline, joke

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