one-timer

noun

one-tim·​er ˈwən-ˌtī-mər How to pronounce one-timer (audio)
: a shot (as in hockey or soccer) that is made by immediately striking a moving puck or ball (as when receiving a pass from a teammate) without first stopping and controlling it
one-time transitive verb
one-timed; one-timing
Paul Keegan made a steal on the right and cut the ball back, and Rocha one-timed a 16-yard blast into the roof of the net. Frank Dell'Apa

Examples of one-timer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Fed passes by an assistant coach, both wingers practiced one-timers from near the faceoff dots. Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024 The Florida Panthers defenseman fired a one-timer from the point on a five-on-three power-play in the third period against the Buffalo Sabres, falling to one knee as the puck made its way toward the net. Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 29 Feb. 2024 Michael McCarron had the puck in the corner to the right of the Sharks’ net, and Addison skated toward him, trying to stop the pass that went right to Sherwood’s stick for a pretty one-timer that got past Kaapo Kahkonen and under the crossbar. Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2024 The Avs failed to score on a pair of power plays, took a penalty during one for the third time, and allowed an extra-man goal when Michael Bunting scored on a one-timer at 12:06 of the period. Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2024 Pettersson scored with 3:11 left in the first hammering home a one-timer off a feed from Quinn Hughes. Associate Press, The Arizona Republic, 19 Jan. 2024 New York then tied the game with 1:29 left in regulation on a Kyle Palmieri one-timer when the Islanders pulled Varlamov for an extra attacker. Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2024 Perron’s power-play goal at the 10:55 mark of the third to tie the game 3-3, Left alone, Perron took a seam pass from Daniel Sprong and ripped a one-timer past Kahkonen. Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2024 Sprong, after winning a faceoff on the power play, found space in the slot and drilled a one-timer shot past Kahkonen off a pass by Raymond to put Detroit up 1-0. Eric He, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1984, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of one-timer was in 1984

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“One-timer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one-timer. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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