one-acter

[ wuhn-ak-ter ]

nounInformal.
  1. a short play consisting of one act.

Origin of one-acter

1
First recorded in 1890–95
  • Also one-act [wuhn-akt]. /ˈwʌnˌækt/.

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How to use one-acter in a sentence

  • Then four one-act plays were selected from among some hundreds poured forth by village genius to its rehabilitated god.

    The Book of Susan | Lee Wilson Dodd
  • But a flirtation, after all, unless in a one-act comedy, is not entertaining to the mere looker-on; and oh!

    In the Days of My Youth | Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards