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, 28 Feb. 2025 All that Verlander has done is throw three no-hitters, win three AL Cy Young Awards, one AL MVP Award, 262 games and another 17 in the post-season. Chuck Murr, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025 That same month, Moore nearly threw a no-hitter against the Los Angeles Dodgers before it was broken up with two outs in the ninth inning. Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025 In 1973, Torborg, then with the Angels, caught the first of Nolan Ryan’s record seven no-hitters in a game against Kansas City. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 21 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

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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