Associations to the word «Shutout»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

SHUTOUT, noun. A defeat in a game where one side fails to score.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.