- shut out
- transitive verb Date: 14th century 1. exclude 2. to prevent (an opponent) from scoring in a game or contest 3. to forestall the bidding of (bridge opponents) by making a high or preemptive bid
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
shut out
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Shut Out — «Shut Out» Sencillo de Paul Jabara con la participación especial de Donna Summer del álbum Shut Out Lado B «Hungry For Love» Publicación 1977 Formato 7 , 12 … Wikipedia Español
shut out of — ˌshut ˈout of [transitive] usually passive [present tense I/you/we/they shut out of he/she/it shuts out of present participle shutting out of … Useful english dictionary
shut|out — shut out or shut|out «SHUHT OWT», noun. 1. a) a game in which one side is kept from scoring: »to pitch a shut out. b) the act of preventing the opposite side from scoring: »The home team won by a shut out. c) Cards. a preemptive bid. 2. = lockout … Useful english dictionary
Shut-out — auch: Shut|out 〈[ʃʌtaʊt] n.; od. s, s; Sp.〉 Spiel, bei dem kein Gegentor kassiert wurde, Zu Null Spiel [zu engl. shut out „aussperren, nicht hereinlassen“] … Universal-Lexikon
Shut-out — 〈[ʃʌtaʊt] n.; Gen.: od. s, Pl.: s; Sport〉 Spiel, bei dem kein Gegentor kassiert wurde, Zu Null Spiel; der Torwart schaffte sein sechstes Shut out der Saison [Etym.: zu engl. shut out »aussperren, nicht hereinlassen«] … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch
shut out — shut off / shut out [v] exclude; screen bar, beleaguer, blockade, block out, close, conceal, cover, debar, discontinue, evict, fence off, hide, keep out, lock out, mask, obstruct, ostracize, refuse, seclude, shroud, veil; concepts 25,121,188 Ant … New thesaurus
shut-out — UK US noun [countable] [singular shut out plural shut outs] american in sport, a match in which one team does not score any points Thesaurus: sports events and competitionshyponym general words rela … Useful english dictionary
shut out — index ban, bar (exclude), barred, condemn (ban), debar, discharge (dismiss) … Law dictionary
shut out — ► shut out prevent (an opponent) from scoring in a game. Main Entry: ↑shut … English terms dictionary
shut out — eliminate, *exclude, debar, rule out, blackball, disbar Analogous words: *prevent, preclude, obviate: *hinder, obstruct, block, bar … New Dictionary of Synonyms
shut-out — n AmE a game in which one team is prevented by the other from getting any points … Dictionary of contemporary English
