one-acter

[ wuhn-ak-ter ]

/ ˈwʌnˈæk tər /

noun Informal.

a short play consisting of one act.

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Nearby words

one that loved not wisely but too well, one thousand guineas, one up, one way or another, one-a-cat, one-acter, one-armed bandit, one-bagger, one-base hit, one-dimensional, one-down

Also one-act [wuhn-akt] /ˈwʌnˌækt/.

Origin of one-acter

First recorded in 1890–95

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