shutout

[ shuht-out ]

noun

1. an act or instance of shutting out.
2. the state of being shut out.
3. Sports.
   1. a preventing of the opposite side from scoring, as in baseball.
   2. any game in which one side does not score.

shutout

/ ˈʃʌtˌaʊt /

noun

1. a less common word for a lockout See lock out
2. sport a game in which the opposing team does not score

verb

1. to keep out or exclude
2. to conceal from sight

   we planted trees to shut out the view of the road

3. to prevent (an opponent) from scoring

Word History and Origins

Origin of shutout¹

1850–55, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase shut out

Example Sentences

Perhaps the No. 1 goalie to watch this season is sophomore Jackson Friedman, who had seven shutouts as a freshman for the Mission League champion Wolverines.

From Los Angeles Times

Memorable moment: At the age of 21, Jim Palmer becomes the youngest player to pitch a shutout in a World Series.

From Los Angeles Times

Walker Buehler took it from there, his season-long comeback complete with five shutout innings that was sparked with a strikeout of the hapless Judge in the first.

From Los Angeles Times

He beat the Houston Astros, the team that had knocked the Dodgers out of the playoffs the year before, and never stopped until he had won eight in a row, five of them shutouts.

From Los Angeles Times

In Games 4 and 5 of the NLDS, Roberts successfully executed 11 different pitching changes in back-to-back shutout wins against the Padres.

From Los Angeles Times

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