1. Badminton played with one person on each side
   "The Olympic badminton singles final was a thrilling match"
    
2. Tennis played with one person on each side
   "She preferred singles to doubles because it allowed her to showcase her individual skills"

1. An unmarried person or someone without a partner
   "events for singles"
    
2. One measure, esp. of a drink of spirits
   "a single of whisky"
    
3. A popular song released and sold (on any format) on its own; a featured song with some others
   "The band's latest single topped the charts for weeks"
    
4. [Brit] A one-way ticket
   "He bought a single to London for his business trip"
    
5. A room (e.g. in a hotel) for one person
   "Do you have a single for tonight?";
   - single room
    
6. A base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base
   "He hit a single to left field";
   - bingle [informal]
    
7. [US, informal] A piece of paper money worth one dollar
   "He pulled a crumpled single bill from his jeans pocket";
   - dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck [informal], clam [US, informal]

1. (baseball) hit a single
   "the batter singled to left field"

Type of: badminton, bank bill, bank note, banker's bill [N. Amer], banknote, base hit, bill [N. Amer], Federal Reserve note [US], government note [US], greenback [US, informal], hit, lawn tennis, note, safety, tennis

Encyclopedia: Singles, Puy-de-Dôme