shutout
pronunciation
How to pronounce shutout in British English:
UK [ˈʃʌtaʊt]
How to pronounce shutout in American English:
US [ˈʃʌtˌaʊt]
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- Noun:
- a defeat in a game where one side fails to score
Word Origin
- shutout (n.)
- also shut-out, 1889 in baseball sense, from verbal phrase shut out "exclude from a situation" (late 14c.; from 1881 in the sports score sense), from shut (v.) + out (adv.). Middle English had a verb outshut "to shut out, exclude," mid-15c.
Example
- 1. Dad would love a shutout .
- 2. He had a shutout until the ninth inning .
- 3. The associated press had it a 120-108 shutout .
- 4. Which national team will have the most shutout games during the tournament ?
- 5. If you shut your door to ingl errors truth will indeed be shutout .