oner

noun — 4 senses

oner

noun

/ˈwʌnəɹ/

Etymology From one + -er.

1

Idiomatic, Informal An extraordinary individual.

2

Games A small marble of little worth in children's games.

  • The winner was the last to flick a marble into the gully. A oner had to beat a fourer four times to win, a fourer had to beat a twelver three times, and so on.2012, Nicholas Hagger, A View of Epping Forest, page 143:
3

UK A conker that has won one match.

  • May all your conkers be oners / May your love life fail with dishonours1993, Henry Normal, Nude modelling for the afterlife:
  • The history of 'oners' becoming 'sixers' through successive victories[…]2005, Benedict Le Vay, Eccentric Britain, page 32:
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  • Conkers so highly prized that it's a wonder they even manage to hit the ground before being swept away to be pickled or baked and then going on to new careers as 'oners', 'twoers', and so forth.2006, Charles Campion, Fifty Recipes To Stake Your Life On, page 119:
4

Broadcasting, Film, Media, Television Synonym of long take; a long one-take shot, or an equivalent animated segment simulating a one-take shot.

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