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no-hit game

no-hit game

5.9
A baseball game when a pitcher does not let the other team get any hits
  • noun
  • /noʊ hɪt ɡeɪm/
  • Jargon
translation icon : partido sin hits
  • The pitcher threw a no-hit game last night, making history for his team.

Examples

  • Did you see the no-hit game on TV?

  • He pitched a remarkable no-hit game last night.

  • Fans erupted in applause as they realized they were witnessing a no-hit game.

  • She studied every no-hit game from the past decade to analyze pitching techniques.

  • Walter Johnson pitched a no-hit game against the Red Sox, making it a historic match.

  • In 1952, Virgil Trucks achieved a remarkable feat by throwing a no-hit game against the Washington Senators.

  • Allie Reynolds secured a no-hit game for the Yankees, defeating the Indians with a score of 1-0.

Synonyms

no-hitter
vsno-hit game
  • Jargon
23 6.7

A baseball game in which a pitcher does not allow any hits by the other team

is expressed as a multiword descriptive name rather than a short label

Surface Forms

no-hit game singular
no-hit games plural

Morphology

no-hit + game

The meaning is directly compositional: 'no-hit' literally means 'no hits allowed' and combined with 'game' yields a contest with no hits. A B1 learner who knows 'no', 'hit', and 'game' can infer this meaning even if the term is specialized baseball jargon, so the expression is transparently derived from its parts.

Etymology

No-hit game comes from baseball: the part no-hit creates a clear image of a game where the pitcher keeps the other team from making any hits, so they get 'no hits'. So a no-hit game means 'a game' in which the opposing team does not get any hits.