no-hitter noun[ C ] uk /ˌnəʊˈhɪt.ər/ us /ˌnoʊˈhɪt.ɚ/ a baseball game in which none of one team's players hits the ball and reaches first base(= the first of four places you must run to after hitting the ball) safely: I always thought he was good enough to throw a no-hitter. He is one of a handful of pitchers who have thrown a no-hitter in both leagues. Compare
perfect game He has never pitched a no-hitter in over five hundred career games. In 2013 he pitched the only no-hitter of his career. The left-hander struck out twelve hitters in the course of his combined no-hitter. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Baseball & rounders 1-2-3 inning ahead alley around the hornidiom at bat bomb curve heater hit the ball out of the parkidiom hitting coach home plate home stand horsehide sac spitter split-fingered fastball splitter squeeze play starting pitcher swing |