Dictionary

shutout en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈʃʌtˌaʊt/

Etymology

Deverbal from shut out.

Meanings

1. Closing and forbidding entry, as a lockout in which management prevents works from working.
   • A shutout is a reverse strike: the union complained and the workers wanted to work, but management was opposed.
2. A game that ends with the losing side being held scoreless.
   • The score wasn't just lopsided: it was a shutout.

Forms

Deriveds

SO

Relateds

shutoff · shutdown · clean sheet

Synonyms

zilch

Translations (11)

ja シャットアウト (game that ends with one side not having scored) · fi työsulku (lockout) · ko 셧아웃 (game that ends with one side not having scored) · bg на нула (game that ends with one side not having scored) · fr balles (game that ends with one side not having scored) · fr blanchissage (game that ends with one side not having scored) · ja 完封 (game that ends with one side not having scored) · fr balle (game that ends with one side not having scored) · fr jeu blanc (game that ends with one side not having scored) · fi nollapeli (game that ends with one side not having scored) · ko 완봉 (game that ends with one side not having scored)