Definition of "one shot" []

• A charge of ammunition for a single shot (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "J.B. blew its head off with one shot and when next he sat down to write, damned if the wrens didn't bowl in, perching on his table, even hopping on to his sleeve, doing everything but shake his hand."
• "Still, LaGuerta got off one shot and Brian stumbled slightly as he slid the blade into LaGuerta's midsection."
• "Cochrane ordered one shot fired from Fort Chorocomayo, and within seconds of the roundshot thumping harmlessly into the fort's earthen glacis, the gates were dragged open, the flag was hurried down, and an artillery Major rode out under a flag of truce."