no-hit

1. 1.

   of a game (or the pitching) in which a pitcher allows the opponent no hits

   “a no-hit pitcher”

   “a no-hit game”

   Similarsuccessful

   baseball

Questions about no-hit

What does no-hit mean?

no-hit means "of a game (or the pitching) in which a pitcher allows the opponent no hits".

How many syllables are in no-hit?

no-hit has 2 syllables: no--hit. The stress falls on "no-".

Is no-hit a common word?

no-hit is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.