SHUTOUT

shutout, skunk

(noun) a defeat in a game where one side fails to score

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

shutout (plural shutouts)

Closing and forbidding entry, as a lockout in which management prevents works from working.

(sports) A game that ends with one side not having scored.

Synonyms

• (sports): zilch

Anagrams

• outshut

Source: Wiktionary



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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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