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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