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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West Ranch 12, Crean Lutheran 0: Mikey Murr and Matt Castellon combined on a no-hitter in Division 2. Sultana 6, Loyola 5: The Cubs dropped the Division 2 game on an error in the ninth inning. Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025 The 27-year-old left-handed pitcher took a no-hitter into the seventh inning at Oracle Park, further solidifying his case for an All-Star nomination this summer. Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 20 May 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, 20 May 2025 The other two: Patrick Corbin (3.35) and Jack Leiter, who took a no-hitter into the seventh inning against the Astros on Sunday. Levi Weaver, New York Times, 20 May 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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