Definition of One-hitter

1. Noun. A game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only one hit.

Exact synonyms: 1-hitter
Generic synonyms: Baseball, Baseball Game

Lexicographical Neighbors of One-hitter

one-eyed
one-eyed jack
one-eyed jacks
one-fifth
one-finger salute
one-finger salutes
one-flowered pyrola
one-flowered wintergreen
one-form
one-fourth
one-half
one-hand
one-handed
one-hit wonder
one-hitter (current term)
one-horned uterus
one-horse
one-horse town
one-horse towns
one-hundred
one-hundred-year storm
one-hundred-year storms
one-hundredth
one-itis
one-legged
one-liner
one-liners
one-man(a)
one-man band

Literary usage of One-hitter

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

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1864)
"... of which he had dried up one hitter drop, but with which the broader balance of nature and necessity forbade Him to interfere more largely. ..."

2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1854)
"The rays of Hate may dart so far, That some one's hitter, deadly curse Without a charm, or magic verse. A Tyrant may have strength to mar. ..."

3. Southern Literary Messenger (1850)
"... to the alms-house, one hitter ingredient does not feel, m moments like these, as if it must "f the cup is spared. The sense of shame, and at last be ..."

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