Definition of Shutouts

1. Noun. (plural of shutout) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shutouts

1. shutout [n] - See also: shutout

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shutouts

shut up
shut up(p)
shut up shop
shutdown
shutdowns
shute
shuted
shutes
shuteye
shuteyes
shuting
shutoff
shutoffs
shutout
shutouts (current term)
shuts
shuts off
shuts out
shuts up
shuttable
shutter
shutter shades
shutter speed
shutterbug
shutterbugs
shuttered
shuttering
shutterless
shutters

Literary usage of Shutouts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"... that puts him in the "upper ten," rather than in the list of "shutouts." It is the safe thing for the judge to handle every bird. ..."

2. Minutes of the ... Convention of the United Lutheran Church in America by United Lutheran Church in America (1922)
"It appears more or less evident that strikes and shutouts which invariably affect the general public more than either employers or employees, ..."

3. Michiganensian by University of Michigan (1912)
"Michigan's hitting is the one point to be noted in sizing up the why and wherefore of the season. Of the ten games lost, three were shutouts, ..."

4. Michiganensian by University of Michigan (1912)
"Of the ten games lost, three were shutouts, Western Reserve, and Syracuse two days in succession, turning that trick on us. In three others we made only one ..."

5. Baseball Goes to War by William B. Mead (1998)
"Walker Cooper's elder brother, Mort, pitched ten shutouts, had a league-leading ERA of 1.77, and won twenty-two games against seven losses. ..."

6. Baseball Goes to War by William B. Mead (1998)
"No home runs were hit in the first eleven major league games; of the first twenty-nine games, eleven were shutouts. Stan Musial was on a batting tear, ..."

7. Home Plate: The Traveler's Food Guide to Cooperstown and Otsego County, NY by Brenda Berstler (2006)
"Ferguson Jenkins retired with 267 complete games and 49 shutouts. He also holds the 9th-highest strikeout total in history with 3192. ..."

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