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shutout (n.)

also shut-out, 1889 in baseball sense, from verbal phrase shut out "exclude from a situation" (late 14c.; from 1881 in the sports score sense), from shut (v.) + out (adv.). Middle English had a verb outshut "to shut out, exclude," mid-15c.

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Definitions of shutout from WordNet

shutout (n.)
a defeat in a game where one side fails to score;
Synonyms: skunk
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