one-liner noun4 •A short joke, especially one of a single sentence.ALMOST without exception, Moore’s narrators have comic yet dark stories to tell: they fire off crisp, De Vriesian one-liners and then, when you least expect it, sneak in wrenching revelations. — 1994 •A short remark intended as a sound bite. •A command or small program consisting of a single line of input. •A chat feature on a bulletin board system or web page where users can post a single line of text at a time. formsone liners · one-liners