no-hitter

American  

[noh-hit-er] / ˈnoʊˈhɪt ər /

noun

Baseball.

1. a no-hit game.

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Etymology

Origin of no-hitter

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

Actors won’t say “Macbeth” in a theater, baseball players won’t talk to a pitcher when he’s throwing a no-hitter, and White House staff won’t say “recession” when the economy turns sour.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

Norco 3, Aliso Niguel 0: Peyton May struck out 12 and threw an eight-inning no-hitter.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

Yamamoto also got hot, giving up just one run in his three starts after the near no-hitter.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

How, during what was already a dismal second-half slump, they seemed to reach rock bottom when they squandered a no-hitter and three-run lead in a stunning ninth-inning loss in Baltimore last month.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

The Yankee pitcher was one out away from becoming a phenomenon so rare that it had never been seen before—the first man to pitch a no-hitter in the World Series.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord