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shutouts

shutouts is the plural of shutout.

Meaning of shutout

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. A game that ends with the losing side being held scoreless.
    • The score wasn't just lopsided: it was a shutout.

Questions about shutouts

What is shutouts the plural of?
Shutouts is the plural of shutout.

Words near shutouts in the dictionary

  1. shutki
  2. shutness
  3. shutoff
  4. shutoffs
  5. shutout
  6. shutouts
  7. shuts
  8. shuts away
  9. shuts down
  10. shuts in
  11. shuts of

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