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perfect game

noun

: a baseball game in which a pitcher allows no hits, no runs, and no opposing batter to reach first base

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Only the walk stood between Morehead and a perfect game. Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025 To keep their win streak alive, Payton must scheme a nearly perfect game considering how the Eagles, the reigning Super Bowl champions, have played to start the campaign. Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025 There’s not going to be a perfect game. Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2025 The Red Sox bats were stymied in Thursday’s 6-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, whose pitching staff combined to carry a perfect game into the seventh inning. Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for perfect game

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of perfect game was in 1904

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“Perfect game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perfect%20game. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.

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