• Shutout

    Full definition 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. (sports) A game that ends with one side not having scored.The score wasn't just lopsided, it was a shutout.
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