shutout

shutout

See also: shut out

English

Etymology

From the verb phrase 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 one side not having scored.

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

Derived terms

• (sports): SO (abbreviation)

Synonyms

• (sports): zilch

Translations

lockout

Finnish: työsulku (fi)

game that ends with one side not having scored

Finnish: nollapeli French: balle (fr) f, balles (fr) f pl

Japanese: 完封 (kanpuu)

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