Definition of shutout
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:a game or contest in which one side fails to score
2
:a preemptive bid in bridge
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Examples of shutout in a Sentence
They beat us in a 9–0 shutout.
Recent Examples of shutout from the Web
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The netminder tallied an impressive 0.58 goals against average to go along with 178 saves and 16 shutouts as a senior en route to her second straight team MVP honor.
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Clairemont held Orange Glen scoreless for the Chieftains’ first shutout in 26 games.
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The 6-foot-1, 220-pound Bowman led the Yellowjackets’ dominating defensive performance in their season-opening 7-0 shutout of Class 6-A Manual over the weekend at Manual Stadium.
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Maddox served as the main goalkeeper in 2016 going 14-1 with four shutouts and 39 saves during her junior season.
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Four days later, Darvish debuted in his new team’s gray and blue road uniforms, lasering fastballs and looping curves for seven shutout innings.
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Charlotte starter Lucas Giolito pitched five shutout innings, striking out seven.
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The Tigers struck back against Hammel in the sixth, sandwiching two singles around a walk and busting the shutout.
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Bonilla threw four innings of shutout baseball, allowing two hits, a walk, and a hit batter, while striking out five.
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First Known Use of shutout
1889
shut out
verb
Definition of shut out
transitive verb
1
:exclude
2
:to prevent (an opponent) from scoring in a game or contest
3
:to forestall the bidding of (bridge opponents) by making a high or preemptive bid
Examples of shut out in a Sentence
local residents feel that they have been shut out of the debate for expanding the airport
First Known Use of shut out
14th century
shut out Synonyms
Synonyms
ban, bar, close out, count (out), debar, eliminate, except, freeze out, rule out, excludeAntonyms
admit, includeRelated Words
blackball, blacklist, excommunicate, ostracize; banish, deport, exile, expel, oust, throw out; obviate, preclude, prevent, prohibit; block, hinder, impede, obstruct; cease, discontinue, halt, suspend; deter, stave off, ward (off); check off, disregard; comb (out), weed (out)Near Antonyms
accept, embrace, entertain, receive, take in, welcome; unbanSHUTOUT Defined for English Language Learners
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