no-hitter

noun

no-hit·​ter ˌnō-ˈhi-tər How to pronounce no-hitter (audio)
: a no-hit game in baseball

Examples of no-hitter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Eight days later, in his first home start for the Phillies, Lorenzen threw the 14th no-hitter in franchise history. Brian Robin, Orange County Register, 18 Apr. 2024 The 18-year-old becomes the seventh NHL rookie to reach the 100-point mark. 2010 — Ubaldo Jimenez pitches the first no-hitter in the Colorado Rockies’ 18-year history, dominating the Atlanta Braves in a 4-0 victory. 2011 — Jimmie Johnson wins the Aaron’s 499, edging Clint Bowyer by about a foot. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024 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, 17 Apr. 2024 Bobby Morgan preserved Erskine's no-hitter against the Cubs with two brilliant fielding plays at third base. CBS News, 16 Apr. 2024 Hailey Pan, Mission San Jose softball: Pan, a junior, struck out nine while throwing a no-hitter in a 7-0 victory over Washington. Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024 Smith took a no-hitter into the sixth inning before leadoff man Gage Miller rapped a single up the middle to open the inning. Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 13 Apr. 2024 The no-hitter is the 17th in Astros franchise history. Ben Morse, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024 San Diego State pitcher Jacob Riordan watched a ground ball to second base become the final out in last week’s no-hitter against New Mexico, then let the magnitude of moment wash over him. Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2024

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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 26 Apr. 2024.

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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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