shutout

See also: shut out

English

Etymology

Deverbal from shut out.

Noun

shutout (plural shutouts)

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. (sports) A game that ends with the losing side being held scoreless.

   The score wasn't just lopsided: it was a shutout.

Synonyms

• (sports): zilch

Derived terms

• (sports): SO (abbreviation)

Related terms

• shutdown
• shutoff

 

Translations

lockout

• Finnish: työsulku (fi)

game that ends with one side not having scored

• Bulgarian: на нула (na nula)
• Finnish: nollapeli
• French: balle (fr) f, balles (fr) f pl, jeu blanc (fr) m, blanchissage (fr)
• Japanese: 完封 (ja) (kanpuu)

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