That has yielded no results. Of a game. Esp. in Cricket of an over (or ball): from which no runs are scored.

Of a race, etc.: skilfully or successfully raced or contested. Frequently (and earliest) in figurative contexts.

esp. Of combats or contests.

That is the subject of much competition, struggle, or dispute; strongly contested or competed for.

Of a match: played between teams who have previously competed against each other, esp. recently. Cf. return match n. at return, n. compounds 5. Now…

Sport and Games. Of a game or match: played for enjoyment, practice, or love of the game rather than in a spirit of serious competition; not forming…

Of a race or contest: won by a very small margin; involving evenly matched opponents. Frequently in close-run thing. Cf. run, adj. 9.

Performed by four persons together.

Of a person or animal: relatively light in weight, under the average weight; spec. (Horse Racing and Sport) designated or classified as a…

colloquial or technical. Said of a contest in which the combatants are evenly matched; close; so of a bargain: with little margin of profit…

As an adverb: with the specified number of players on each team.

Of a contest (esp. a sporting contest): unequal; uneven.

Gathered together promiscuously, hastily assembled. scratch vote, scratch division, scratch majority: one which, owing to accident or stratagem…

Sport. Of a match, competition, tournament, etc.: involving teams, players or competitors representing two or more countries; played or competed…

Of, belonging to, or designating a sporting event which anyone may enter.

Hence in general sporting use. Of a team or player: not first-class, not of regular standing; of a game: played by scrub or scratch teams. Also figur…

Of a competitor, team, etc.: not having scored a point. Of a game or contest: in which no point is scored.

In a game: Having no score. Also, of a game, a period of play, etc.: from which no score results; involving no score. to hold (a person or team) sco…

Designating a competition in which the part of the river bank assigned to each competitor is marked off with a peg or pegs.

North American. Sport. Including or involving only outstanding performers; consisting of the players considered to be the best in their positions in…

Sport. Of a horse or athlete: certain (to win). Also of an event: certainly won, ‘in one's pocket’. Cf. sense A. 2b above. slang. ? Obsolete.

U.S. Applied attributively to sporting events, teams, etc., at or of a university or college. Occasionally absol., a college team. (See also quot…

Taking place after a regular season; of or relating to the postseason.

Designating (a system used in) a competition or tournament in which the defeated competitors in each round are eliminated.

best-of-(a specified odd number): used attributively to designate a contest between two parties in which the contestant who wins the majority of the…

Sport (originally Tennis). Of a draw or event: arranged in such a manner that the most highly ranked competitors do not meet till the later…

Of, designating, or relating to the junior varsity. Also in extended use: second-string, small-time (cf. minor league, adj.).

Of a sport, sportsperson, or sporting competition: amateur. Now somewhat rare.

= peg-down, adj.

= junior varsity, adj.

In game theory: designating a game in which whatever is gained by one side is lost by the other, so that the net change is always zero. More…