one-and-done noun4 •(informal) Something that is completed or accomplished only once, never to be done again. •(US, informal) The act of a team making the postseason playoffs but losing the very first game played in it. •(slang) A basketball player who plays college basketball for a single year and then declares for the NBA draft.John Calipari's Kentucky squad was made up of one-and-done players. •A family in which the parents decide to have only one child. formsone and dones · one-and-dones