Definition of shutout Shutout

/ʃʌˈtawˌt/ - [shutawt] - shut•out

We found 6 definitions of shutout from 4 different sources.

What does shutout mean?

Noun Plural: shutouts
shutout - a defeat in a game where one side fails to score
		skunk
		defeat, licking an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"

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shutout (Noun)
Closing and forbidding entry, as a lockout in which management prevents works from working.
shutout (Noun)
A game that ends with one side not having scored.

In team sports, a shutout (a clean sheet in association football) means that one team in a game prevented the other from scoring. They often happen in ice hockey and association foot, sometimes in baseball and American football, rarely in rugby, and although it is possible, it almost never occurs in basketball.
baseball
A shutout is a baseball game where at least one team does not score any runs. This is not always the same a no-hitter in which the team does not get any hits, but a no-hitter is always a shutout.

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shutout in sign language