pinch-hit
[pinch-hit]
verb (used without object), pinch-hit, pinch-hit·ting.
Baseball. to serve as a pinch hitter.
Informal. to substitute for someone, especially in an emergency.
verb (used with object), pinch-hit, pinch-hit·ting.
Baseball. to get, or make (a hit) in pinch-hitting.
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RELATED WORDS
alternate, change, commute, deputize, displace, proxy, relieve, replace, spell, sub, supersede, supplant, supply, swap, switch
Nearby words
- pinch pennies,
- pinch pleat,
- pinch point,
- pinch roller,
- pinch runner,
- pinchback,
- pinchbeck,
- pinchbottle,
- pinchcock,
- pincheck
Origin of pinch-hit
pinch hit
noun Baseball.
Origin of pinch hit
First recorded in 1910–15
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Examples from the Web for pinch-hit
Ed Kranepool pinch-hit a gentle single; and then Willie Mays was up.
In the top of the ninth inning, in his last appearance in professional baseball, he was sent in to pinch-hit for Zachary.
Muikstra ku sa mga draybir nga nasakit, I pinch-hit for drivers who are sick.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff
pinch-hit
verb -hits, -hitting or -hit (intr)
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