no-hit

American  

[noh-hit] / ˈnoʊˌhɪt /

adjective

Baseball.

1. of, relating to, or noting a game in which a pitcher allows no base hits to the opposing team.

   a no-hit pitcher; a no-hit game.

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Etymology

Origin of no-hit

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15

Example Sentences

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no-hit

Then he took the field against Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees and struck out 11 while throwing 5 ⅓ no-hit innings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

That night, Roberts removed Ohtani from his no-hit bid because, as he put it after the game, he didn’t feel comfortable deviating from the superstar’s prescripted pitching plan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025

To recap: Ohtani pitched five no-hit innings and blasted a dramatic eighth-inning homer, and the Dodgers still lost.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2025

That was the plan again on Tuesday, and five no-hit innings by Ohtani wasn’t about to make manager Dave Roberts stray from an organizational directive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2025

I suppose you’ve been doing nothing else but handing out no-hit and no-run games?”

From Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars or The Rivals of Riverside by Chadwick, Lester