no-hitn.adj.
/ˈnəʊhɪt/, U.S. /ˈnoʊˈhɪt/ A. n.
Cricket. An infringement of the rule that when a batter hits the ball one foot must be in contact with the ground and behind the popping crease. disused.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > types of stroke
long ball1744
nip1752
catch1816
no-hit1827
cut1833
short hit1833
draw1836
drive1836
square hit1837
skylarker1839
skyer1840
skyscraper1842
back-cut1845
bum1845
leg sweep1846
slog1846
square cut1850
driver1851
Harrow drive1851
leg slip1852
poke1853
snick1857
snorter1859
leg stroke1860
smite1861
on-drive1862
bump ball1864
rocketer1864
pull1865
grass trimmer1867
late cut1867
off-drive1867
spoon1871
push1873
push stroke1873
smack1875
Harrow drive1877
pull-stroke1880
leg glance1883
gallery-hit1884
boundary-stroke1887
glide1888
sweep1888
boundary1896
hook1896
leg glide1896
backstroke1897
flick1897
hook stroke1897
cover-drive1898
straight drive1898
square drive1900
edger1905
pull-drive1905
slash1906
placing stroke1907
push drive1912
block shot1915
if-shot1920
placing shot1921
cow-shot1922
mow1925
Chinese cut1937
haymaker1954
hoick1954
perhapser1954
air shot1956
steepler1959
mishook1961
swish1963
chop-
1827 Sussex Advertiser 9 July 3/6 Broadbridge..had added 17 to the score from 50 balls, and had struck the 51st, but not before he had broke ground, which occasioned the umpire..to call out ‘no hit’.
1835 Hoyle's Games 426 When the striker shall hit the ball, one of his feet must be on the ground, and behind the popping crease, otherwise the umpire shall call no hit.
1877 C. Box Eng. Game Cricket xxiv. 398 Suppose the batsman be caught off a ‘no hit’. What then?.. The law is silent on this point.
1934 W. J. Lewis Lang. Cricket 169 No hit.
B. adj.
Baseball. Designating or relating to (part of) a game in which a pitcher allows no base hits.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [adjective] > types of pitching
sidearm1890
no-hit1898
low ball1915
blooper1937
bloop1947
away1950
route-going1950
split-finger1980
1898 Cincinnati Enquirer 23 Apr. 3/3 Cy Young, the rail splitter, once pitched an alleged ‘no hit’ game.
1913 Lit. Digest 5 July 35/1 He..was robbed of a no-hit game by a scratch single in the ninth inning.
1940 J. R. Tunis Kid from Tomkinsville x. 151 Interest round the field now centered in the Kid's chances for a no-hit game.
1974 News & Reporter (Chester, S. Carolina) 22 Apr. 10- a/8 Blackwell struck out 13 batters in the contest and pitched five innings of no-hit ball before Burton ended his hopes for a no-hitter.
2003 Washington Post 21 June d5 Crouthers..threw six no-hit innings andstruck out seven batters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
no-hitv.
/ˈnəʊhɪt/, U.S. /ˈnoʊˈhɪt/ Baseball.
transitive. To pitch a no-hitter against (a team).
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1962 Washington Post 26 July b12 Righthander Earl Wilson (7-3) won his first game since he no-hit the Los Angeles Angels on June 26.
1990 Sports Illustr. 9 July 17/2 Stewart..no-hit the Blue Jays 5–0.
2000 Sporting News 21 Aug. 50 He and Ricardo Rincon combined to no-hit the Astros.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1827v.1962