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one-hitter

one-hitter

1 8.2
A baseball game when the pitcher lets the other team get only one hit
  • noun
  • /ˈwʌnˌhɪtər/
  • Jargon
translation icon : partido de un hit
  • Maybe it would be Matt Morris with a complete-game one-hitter.
  • throw a one-hitter
  • pitched a one-hitter
  • one-hitter with 15 strikeouts

Examples

  • In Ehmke's next start, he pitched a one-hitter against the New York Yankees on Sept. 11.

  • That will happen when you throw consecutive one-hitters and establish yourself as the most dominant performer in your game.

    Blog text (31)

  • Heck, I threw a no-hitter there in late May, and a one-hitter a couple of days later.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • The Angels beat the Cleveland Indians 2-0 on the strength of a one-hitter by Haren.

    Blog text (3)

  • Grandpa, he's a one-hitter.

    The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)

  • If Felix had tossed a one-hitter at Yankee Stadium and it was Ichiro who got said hit, I think many of us would have been prepared to set the world on fire.

    Blog text (28)

  • Dickey became the first NL pitcher since 1944 to toss back-to-back one-hitters when he one-hit the Rays on June 13 and the Orioles on June 18.

    Blog text (34)

  • Scott Sanderson pitched a one-hitter as the New York Yankees beat the California Angels 2-0 Thursday night.

  • Furr is led by the pitching of Ty Campbell, who last week fired a one-hitter in the win over Wheatley.

Synonyms

1-hitter
vsone-hitter
  • Jargon
8.8

A baseball game in which a pitcher allows the other team only one hit

is the same meaning but written with a numeral instead of words

Antonyms

no-hitter
  • Jargon
23 6.7

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

How Many

three-hitter
  • Jargon
1 5.1
two-hitter
  • Jargon
1 7.8
one-hitter
  • Jargon
1 8.2
no-hitter
  • Jargon
23 6.7

Surface Forms

one-hitter singular
one-hitters plural

Morphology

one-hitter = one + hitter (transparent) = one + hit + er

The compound is directly interpretable as 'one' + 'hitter' (i.e., involving only one hit), and 'hitter' is transparently 'hit' + '-er'.

Etymology

One-hitter comes from the simple parts one and hitter, with hit meaning 'to strike the ball'. So a one-hitter is a baseball game in which the pitcher allows only one hit.