Definition of No-hitter

1. Noun. A game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team no hits.

Exact synonyms: No-hit Game
Generic synonyms: Baseball, Baseball Game

Definition of No-hitter

1. Noun. (baseball) A game in which no batter on one of the teams got a hit. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of No-hitter

no-fly
no-fly list
no-fly zone
no-fly zones
no-frills(a)
no-go
no-go area
no-goal
no-good
no-goodnik
no-goodniks
no-gos
no-hair theorem
no-hit
no-hit game
no-hitter (current term)
no-hitters
no-holds-barred
no-hoper
no-host
no-life
no-load
no-load fund
no-lone zone
no-lone zones
no-man's-land
no-name
no-no
no-nonsense
no-observed-adverse-effect level

Literary usage of No-hitter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hartwick, the Heart of Otsego County, NY. by Town of Hartwick Historical Society (2002)
"Schweitzer's no hitter capped the season this year and gave them their six ... Herb Schweitzer's no hitter, which ended the era was probably the most ..."

2. One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by David Herschell Edwards (1893)
"Ah, grieve not, dear friend, heave no hitter sigh — To the faithful and true there is no good-hye. "THE GREATEST OP THESE IS CHARITY. ..."

3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1843)
"... but we must be selfish indeed to wish them again constrained to dwell in these tenements of pain and •orrow:J ' No hitter tears for theo be shed. ..."

4. The Southern and Western Literary Messenger and Review by Carnegie-Mellon University, School of Computer Science (1847)
"The difference in the sisters aroused no hitter feeling between them ; Julia petted and encouraged her companion, and loved her far better than any one else ..."

5. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1846)
"This residue had no hitter taste. This residue, after being exhausted by alcohol and ether, yielded to water no gummy matter. A small quantity only having ..."

6. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1823)
"... who swore that Spring was no hitter ? That he could scarce make a dint in a pound or a half-pound of butter ?— Melted all fast away, like the butter of ..."

7. Cricket by Allan Gibson Steel, Robert Henry Lyttelton, William Gilbert Grace, Richard Arthur Henry Mitchell, Frederick Gale, Andrew Lang (1898)
"... but they took a lot of getting out, though, as might be supposed in the case of a side where there was no hitter, they were weak on soft wickets. ..."

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