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, 3 Feb. 2025 Yes, Campusano eventually caught Dylan Cease’s no-hitter in July, but a .642 OPS was not nearly potent enough to make up for his defensive shortcomings (minus-13 defensive runs for the year). Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025 The team agreed to a minor-league deal with veteran Wade Miley, who spent the 2020 and 2021 seasons with the Reds and threw a no-hitter against Francona’s Guardians in 2021. C. Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic, 30 Jan. 2025 More news: Blue Jays Targeting 3-Time Cy Young Award Winner in Free Agency: Report Scherzer is an eight-time All-Star who has pitched two no-hitters and won World Series titles with the Washington Nationals in 2019 and the Rangers in 2023. Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for no-hitter 

Word History

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 8 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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