no-hitter

noun

no-hit·​ter ˌnō-ˈhi-tər 

: a no-hit game in baseball

Examples of no-hitter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Marlins immediately lost the perfect game and no-hitter in the eighth inning once Perez was pulled as Lake Bachar walked Lawrence Butler and gave up a single to Joshua Kuroda-Grauer. — Miami Herald, 6 July 2026

Webb began his stellar month by giving up just one hit over seven shutout innings against the Milwaukee Brewers on June 3, taking a no-hitter into the seventh before allowing a single to Team USA teammate Brice Turang. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 3 July 2026

Homer Bailey pitched his second no-hitter in 10 months and the first in the majors this season, pitching the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-0 victory over the slumping San Francisco Giants. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

Angels rookie Walbert Ureña also had a no-hitter going through five innings, before Crawford led off the sixth with a double. — ABC News, 2 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for no-hitter

• embitter
• emitter
• obiter
• outfitter
• remitter
• submitter
• transmitter
• babysitter
• bitter
• critter
• fitter
• fritter

Kids Definition

no-hitter

noun

no-hit·​ter

(ˈ)nō-ˈhit-ər

: a baseball game in which a pitcher allows the opposition no base hits