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, 23 Jan. 2025 Reports 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. Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025 Farewell, Jeff Torborg Just wanted to note the passing of former Dodger catcher Jeff Torborg, who was behind the plate for three no-hitters, the first with Koufax for the perfect game against the Chicago Cubs in 1965. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025 Jeff Torborg, the former Mets manager and Yankees coach who caught three no-hitters and won a World Series as a player, died Sunday. Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 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 29 Jan. 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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