no-hitter

noun

no-hit·​ter ˌnō-ˈhi-tər How to pronounce no-hitter (audio)
: a no-hit game in baseball

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In his more than two decades of writing about the world of sports, he’s chronicled everything from high school rodeo to a major league baseball no-hitter to the Super Bowl to the Finals. Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2025 The defining game of Snell’s career was not his no-hitter last season, but his Game 6 start against the Dodgers in the 2020 World Series, when Rays manager Kevin Cash lifted him in the sixth inning after 73 pitches, even though Snell had allowed only two hits and struck out nine. Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025 Cease threw a no-hitter en route to finishing the year with his fourth straight 200-plus strikeout season and a top-four finish in NL Cy Young voting. Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025 Venezuela enters the game with momentum after a dominant 10-0 no-hitter against Japan. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for no-hitter 

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First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of no-hitter was in 1911

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“No-hitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no-hitter. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.

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no-hitter

noun
no-hit·​ter
(ˈ)nō-ˈhit-ər
: a baseball game in which a pitcher allows the opposition no base hits
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