no-hitter

[noh-hit-er]

noun Baseball.

a no-hit game.

Compare perfect game.

Origin of no-hitter

First recorded in 1935–40

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Contemporary Examples of no-hitter

He sported hair curlers in the dugout, took handfuls of amphetamines before games, and pitched a no-hitter on LSD.
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February 5, 2014
The Washington Post reported he had pitched a no-hitter against Woodrow Wilson High School.
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Virginia Woolf never saw a single baseball game, though from what I gather, she could probably toss a no-hitter, no sweat.
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Word Origin and History for no-hitter

n.

baseball term for a baseball game in which one side fails to make a hit, 1939, from no + hit (n.).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper