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one-liner
[ wuhn-lahy-ner ]
noun
- a brief joke or amusing remark.
one-liner
noun
- informal.a short joke or witty remark or riposte
Word History and Origins
Origin of one-liner1
Example Sentences
Knox, the American student accused of murder, who spent four years in an Italian prison, is figuring out a one-liner.
Movies struggle to capture what’s shaggy and bitter about writers without falling into the trap of one-liners.
The LP is pithy in the way that Phoebe Bridgers or Jenny Lewis write one-liners, but it’s an unexpectedly tender songwriter record from one of the sharpest, most self-aware minds in stand-up.
Dubois is a quiet guy but he is becoming a bit of a character with his one-liners.
Johnny would spew a few vaguely racist one-liners and get drunk on Coors Banquet, but instead of digging in, the years changed him.
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