single

  1. Adjective.  Not accompanied by anything else.
  2. Adjective.  Not divided in parts.
  3. Adjective.  Designed for the use of only one.
  4. Adjective.  (rfv-sense) Designed for a single use; not reusable.
  5. Adjective.  Not married nor dating.
  6. Adjective.  (botany) Having only one rank or row of petals.
  7. Adjective.  (obsolete) Simple and honest; sincere, without deceit.
  8. Noun.  A 45 RPM vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B.
  9. Noun.  A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually has at least one extra track.
  10. Noun.  One who is not married.
  11. Noun.  (cricket) A score of one run.
  12. Noun.  (baseball) A hit in baseball where the batter advances to first base.
  13. Noun.  (dominoes) A tile that has different values (i.e., number of pips) in each end.
  14. Noun.  A bill valued at $1.
  15. Noun.  (UK) A one-way ticket.
  16. Noun.  (Canadian football) A score of one point, awarded when a kicked ball is dead within the non-kicking team's end zone or has exited that end zone. Officially known in the rules as a rouge.
  17. Verb.  To identify or select one member of a group from the others; generally used with out, either to '''single out''' or to '''single''' (something) '''out'''.
  18. Verb.  (baseball) To get a hit that advances the batter exactly one base.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.