Meanings
nounshutout (plural shutouts)
plural shutouts
- 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.
- hobbiesA game that ends with the losing side being held scoreless.
The score wasn't just lopsided: it was a shutout.
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Origin
Deverbal from shut out.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian на нула
- на нула (na nula)game that ends with one side not having scored
Finnish työsulku, nollapeli
- työsulkulockout
- nollapeligame that ends with one side not having scored
French balle, balles
- ballegame that ends with one side not having scored
- ballesgame that ends with one side not having scored
- jeu blancgame that ends with one side not having scored
- blanchissagegame that ends with one side not having scored
Japanese 完封, シャットアウト
- 完封 (kanpū)game that ends with one side not having scored
- シャットアウト (shattoauto)game that ends with one side not having scored
Korean 완봉, 셧아웃
- 완봉 (wanbong)game that ends with one side not having scored
- 셧아웃 (syeosaut)game that ends with one side not having scored
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Cite this entry
APA
shutout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shutout
MLA
“shutout.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shutout. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shutout,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shutout.
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