In Baseball and other games: a match or innings in which one side does not score; prevention from scoring. Also figurative. Chiefly North American.

U.S. Sport. (See quot. 1910.)

A game (or occasionally part of a game) in which a pitcher allows no base hits.

a hard-hitting contest, spec. in boxing and baseball.

Baseball and Cricket. A match in which an unusually high number of runs are scored.

Baseball. = perfect game n. (a) at perfect, adj. n.adv. compounds 2.

U.S. slang. Sport (originally and chiefly Baseball). A win which is achieved with great ease; a walkover, a rout.

a game previously postponed which is played to complete the number of scheduled league matches; cf. sense B.