perfect game


noun
  1. a baseball game in which the same player pitches throughout the full game without allowing any player of the opposing team to reach first base by a base hit, base on balls, error, or any other means.: Compare no-hitter.

  2. a game in bowling of 12 consecutive strikes.

Origin of perfect game

1
First recorded in 1945–50

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British Dictionary definitions for perfect game

perfect game

noun
  1. baseball a game in which no batter on the opposing team reaches first base

  2. tenpin bowling a game in which a bowler scores twelve consecutive strikes

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