no-hitter

[ noh-hit-er ]

/ ˈnoʊˈhɪt ər /

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noun Baseball.

a no-hit game.

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Origin of no-hitter

First recorded in 1935–40

Words nearby no-hitter

no-growth, Noguchi, Noh, no hard feelings, no-hit, no-hitter, no holds barred, no-hoper, no-host, nohow, NOI

How to use no-hitter in a sentence

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Because Wright was a no-show in criminal court to face the loud music and pot bust he already had an outstanding warrant.
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He was a new breed, that parson, a genuwine no-two-alike, come-one-in-a-box kind.
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