Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word ONE-LINER

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Definitions of ONE-LINER

1. A short joke, especially one of a single sentence.
2. A short remark intended as a sound bite.
3. (computing) A command or small program consisting of a single line of input.

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Examples of Using ONE-LINER in a Sentence

• Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey, a segment on Saturday Night Live consisting of one-liner jokes written and orated by Jack Handey.
• In a time when many comedians told elaborate anecdotes, Youngman's routine consisted of telling simple one-liner jokes, occasionally with interludes of violin playing.
• " Soren Baker of the Chicago Tribune also praised the album's comedic nature, commenting that "Whether he's delivering a punchy one-liner, exaggerating his rhyme flow to a silly extreme or cleverly deploying pop culture references, Ludacris keeps the mood light and festive.
• He was known for his self-deprecating one-liner humor, his catchphrase "I don't get no respect!" and his monologues on that theme.
• Christgau is best known for his terse, letter-graded capsule album reviews, composed in a concentrated, fragmented prose style featuring layered clauses, caustic wit, one-liner jokes, political digressions, and allusions ranging from common knowledge to the esoteric.
• He is best known for his "Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey", a large body of surrealistic one-liner jokes, as well as his "Fuzzy Memories" and "My Big Thick Novel" shorts, and for his deadpan delivery.
• For four years during the war-time and post-war era years 1943 to 1947, Durante and Moore started on their joint variety / comedy show "The Durante-Moore Show" with Moore as the "straight man" in the "double / two-sided" comedy act and Durante shelling out the jokes and one-liner jabs.
• Comedian Henny Youngman used a drummer to play rimshots after his fast-paced, one-liner type of jokes; his most famous line was "Take my wife… please!".
• He would put the cup on the saucer, recite his one-liner in a grave and somber tone, then go back to sipping tea.
• Owen Gleiberman gave the film an "A" rating in his review for Entertainment Weekly, praising Lemmon's performance as "a revelation" and describing his character as "the weaselly soul of Glengarry Glen Ross–Willy Loman turned into a one-liner".
• The weekly show featured various segments, such as "Palarong Pambata" which are children's games, "Use in a Sentence," and "Ano Daw" which are one-liner jokes, as well as parodies of other popular shows including Rated KKK which is a parody of the show Rated K, The Buzz, and Lovers in Pares which is a parody of Lovers in Paris.
• Mock-ups address the idea captured in a popular engineering one-liner: "You can fix it now on the drafting board with an eraser or you can fix it later on the construction site with a sledge hammer".
• As well as playing with the band in theatres and on radio broadcasts, Colin became known for interposing one-liner jokes and wisecracks in the style of Groucho Marx.
• The Keeners appeared in segments sharing camping tips taken to extremes and punctuated by one-liner jokes and groaners.
• Angela makes a joke, "If you put sunblock on a window, you might be Michael Scott", which is modeled after the "you might be a redneck" one-liner jokes by comedian Jeff Foxworthy.
• a complete flop, with ridiculous special effects, bad acting, terrible one-liner dialogs, and nearly impossible plotlines, or shall I say, plotholes.
• In the preview video, Petro, a judge for the competition part of the festival, shows in how he expects writers participating to "simply go off and get creative", by freestyling some futurist outlines, doing a blind folded one-liner piece, and a throwing up some handstyle alphabets.
• " Andrew Barker of Variety criticized the film for not trusting its audience "following every unexpectedly smart exchange with a numbskull pratfall or one-liner, and every instance of genuine sincerity with an avalanche of schmaltz.

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