no-hit

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adjective

: of, relating to, or being a baseball game or a part of a game in which a pitcher allows the opposition no base hits

no-hit

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verb

no-hit; no-hitting; no-hits

transitive verb

: to give up no base hits to
no-hit them for five innings

Examples of no-hit in a Sentence

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Adjective
And the Nationals, by the way, were just no-hit by the Padres’ Dylan Cease on July 25. Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024 Marte scored on a groundout to second by Brandon Nimmo, but the Mets — who have been no-hit into the eighth inning three times and into the ninth inning twice this season — got just two hits the rest of the way. Jerry Beach, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024 Diamondbacks starter Zac Gallen no-hit the Giants for the duration of his six-inning start, consistently getting into two-strike counts and generating whiffs on offspeed pitches out of the zone from there. Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024 Snell no-hit the Braves for six innings and Sale lasted an inning longer than the Giants’ southpaw. Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024 Blake Snell no-hit the Reds on Friday night for the 18th in franchise history and the first since 2015. Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024 The Marlins went from being no-hit by the Boston Red Sox into the seventh inning... to tying the game with two outs in the eighth ... to nearly recording their MLB-leading ninth walk-off win of the season in the ninth ... Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 4 July 2024 Severino, the Yankee-turned-Met, no-hit the Chicago Cubs through seven innings before surrendering a hit to Dansby Swanson in the eighth. Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024 Then again, start No. 8 was the gem of the season, as Blanco needed just 105 pitches to no-hit the Blue Jays (with seven strikeouts and two walks). Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2024
Verb
Just three weeks earlier, on May 18, 2021, Turnbull no-hit the Mariners in Seattle — the eighth no-no in franchise history. Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1898, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1962, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of no-hit was in 1898

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“No-hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no-hit. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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