shutout

[shuht-out] /ˈʃʌtˌaʊt/
noun
1.
an act or instance of shutting out.
2.
the state of being shut out.
3.
Sports.
  1. a preventing of the opposite side from scoring, as in baseball.
  2. any game in which one side does not score.
Origin
1850-55, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase shut out
Examples from the web for shutout
  • Don't give up academe too quickly, especially if you've only had a single shutout season.
  • The shutout forced the city to finance its capital and cash flow needs through more costly private offerings.
  • Dimension to new connections from existing valves in all directions for reference and shutout of water main.
  • These homeowners have felt shutout from the tax credit and the benefits of installing renewable energy devices.
  • shutout rafts are removed from the water if a subsequent ship is not imminent.
  • The other side of that coin is the hubs who would be shutout of those racetracks.
  • shutout-returns indicate the return of a previously shutout message to the station queue.
  • But having a shutout, because all the goals were scored on the backup keeper.
British Dictionary definitions for shutout

shutout

/ˈʃʌtˌaʊt/
noun
1.
a less common word for a lockout See lock out
2.
(sport) a game in which the opposing team does not score
verb (transitive, adverb)
3.
to keep out or exclude
4.
to conceal from sight: we planted trees to shut out the view of the road
5.
to prevent (an opponent) from scoring
Word Origin and History for 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.

Slang definitions & phrases for shutout

shutout

noun

A game in which one side is held scoreless (1940s+ Sports)