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1no–hit

adjective

baseball —used to describe a game or inning in which a pitcher does not allow the batters from the other team to get a base hit

Full Definition of NO-HIT

:  of, relating to, or being a baseball game or a part of a game in which a pitcher allows the opposition no base hits
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First Known Use of NO-HIT

1900

2no–hit

verb

Definition of NO-HIT

transitive verb
:  to give up no base hits to <no–hit them for five innings>

First Known Use of NO-HIT

1967

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