: of, relating to, or being a baseball game or a part of a game in which a pitcher allows the opposition no base hits

no-hit

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verb

no-hit; no-hitting; no-hits

transitive verb

: to give up no base hits to
no-hit them for five innings

Examples of no-hit in a Sentence

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Adjective
Roupp pitched six shutout innings and no-hit the Reds for the first five frames. Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026 The win was a rare one for Gwinnett, which became just the fourth team in franchise history to be no-hit, and the first to win in that situation. Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
Verb
Ed Head of the Brooklyn Dodgers no-hit the Boston Braves 5-0 at Ebbets Field. Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026 On Friday night, the Yankees no-hit them until two outs in the seventh, when Nate Eaton homered for the first time this season. Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for no-hit

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1885, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1962, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of no-hit was in 1885

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“No-hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no-hit. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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