shutout
IPA: ʃˈʌtaʊt
noun
- Closing and forbidding entry, as a lockout in which management prevents works from working.
- (sports) A game that ends with the losing side being held scoreless.
shut out
IPA: ʃˈʌtˈaʊt
noun
- Nonstandard spelling of shutout. [Closing and forbidding entry, as a lockout in which management prevents works from working.]
verb
- (transitive) To prevent from entering; to block or exclude.
- (transitive) To hide from sight.
- (transitive) To refuse to be open and vulnerable toward.
- (sports) To prevent from scoring; to perform a shutout.
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Examples of "shutout" in Sentences
Examples of "shut-out" in Sentences
- A no-hitter is a major feat for a pitcher and a shut-out makes for a good day on the mound.
- Edgar was completely shut-out, due to the fact that no one really liked it The Iron Lady, which is even worse, should have suffered the same fate.
- Her mantel already groaning under the weight of honorary hardware, the country ingénue is expected to collect the trophy for best album, a surprise to no one except perhaps shut-out Kanye West.
- Ironically, in a year filled with films centered around nostalgia, the two that viewed nostalgia the most critically, The Muppets and Young Adult, were both mostly shut-out and the most unchallenging of the bunch, The Artist, is probably going to win.
- There was no Alan Rickman Best Supporting Actor nomination, no Kristen Wiig Best Actress nomination, no love for art-house darlings like Take Shelter or Martha Marcy May Marlene, a complete shut-out for Young Adult, and no real momentum for critically-acclaimed populist entertainment like the aforementioned Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part II or Bridesmaids.
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