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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After battling injuries in the first half, Snell finished last season by going 5-0 with a 1.23 ERA and 114 strikeouts in 14 starts — including a no-hitter in August. 5. Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025 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, 11 Jan. 2025 Hamels, Hernández and Lester pitched no-hitters — and Hernández’s was perfect. Tyler Kepner, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025 The author of two no-hitters, Verlander won his last Cy Young trophy only three years ago – at age 39. Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 7 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 15 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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