A game in which a pitcher yields no hits to the opposing team.
〔棒球〕无得分比赛，无安打比赛
Example sentencesExamples
In a local high school game several years ago, a pitcher lost a no-hitter because of that scoring rule.
He's one of four pitchers to throw two no-hitters in a single season, and at age 86, Virgil Trucks still receives stacks of fan mail requesting autographed photos and baseballs.
People think that a pitcher who throws a no-hitter totally dominates the game, but that isn't always true.
After all, only once in baseball history have two no-hitters been thrown in the same park on back-to-back days.
Still, most catchers feel compelled to observe the unwritten rule about not talking to a pitcher when he has a no-hitter or perfect game working.
I can't imagine what a pitcher is thinking in the eighth and ninth inning of a no-hitter.
Definition of no-hitter in US English:
no-hitter
nounˌnōˈhidər
Baseball
A complete game in which a pitcher yields no hits to the opposing team.
〔棒球〕无得分比赛，无安打比赛
Example sentencesExamples
In a local high school game several years ago, a pitcher lost a no-hitter because of that scoring rule.
People think that a pitcher who throws a no-hitter totally dominates the game, but that isn't always true.
I can't imagine what a pitcher is thinking in the eighth and ninth inning of a no-hitter.
After all, only once in baseball history have two no-hitters been thrown in the same park on back-to-back days.
He's one of four pitchers to throw two no-hitters in a single season, and at age 86, Virgil Trucks still receives stacks of fan mail requesting autographed photos and baseballs.
Still, most catchers feel compelled to observe the unwritten rule about not talking to a pitcher when he has a no-hitter or perfect game working.