no-hit
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7.8
A baseball game in which the pitcher allows the other team no hits
- adjective
- /noʊ hɪt/
- Jargon
:
sin hits
- Failure to reject the second two hypotheses indicates that, based on the available data, the performance of the repeat no-hit pitchers with relatively high career wins was not significantly affected by home-field advantage.
- a no-hit game
- no-hit innings
- no-hit bid
Examples
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Walter Johnson pitched a spectacular no-hit game against the Red Sox.
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The fourth section proposes tests of hypotheses of the expertise effect within no-hit performance.
Academic text (1994) -
They are also consistent with the findings of Irving and Goldstein (1990) that there is a significant relationship between home-field advantage and no-hit performance.
Academic text (1994) -
In 1990, Perez achieved a remarkable no-hit victory over the Yankees.
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Jose Quintana amazed fans by pitching four no-hit innings in his game.
Synonyms
1
6.3
Not getting any hits in a baseball game when batting
refers specifically to pitching achievements where the pitcher allows no opposing hits
Antonyms
Surface Forms
no-hit positive
Morphology
Etymology
No-hit is a simple compound: no means 'not any' and hit means 'to strike the ball'. So a no-hit game is one where the pitcher allows the other team 'no hits', meaning the batters never make a successful hit.