1. Having only one opportunity or chance
   "It's a one-shot deal, so we can't afford to mess it up"

1. A charge of ammunition for a single shot
   "The hunter had only one shot left in his rifle";
   - round, unit of ammunition

1. (AI) learning or inference task where the model must make predictions based on only one or very few examples
   "The one-shot learning algorithm could classify new objects after seeing just one example of each class"

Derived forms: one-shots, one shots

Type of: ammo [informal], ammunition

Encyclopedia: One-shot