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1. Baseball. a substitute who bats for a teammate, often at a critical moment of the game.2. any substitute for another, esp. in an emergency.[1910-15, Amer.]
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pinch-hitter — pinchˈ hitter noun 1. A batter replacing another in an emergency or for tactical reasons (baseball; also figurative) 2. A player promoted in the batting order to score quickly (cricket) • • • Main Entry: ↑pinch … Useful english dictionary
pinch hitter — index substitute Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
pinch hitter — *substitute, supply, locum tenens, alternate, understudy, double, stand in … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Pinch hitter — For other uses, see Pinch hitter (cricket) .In baseball, a pinch hitter is a substitute batter. Batters can be substituted at any time while the ball is dead (not in active play); the manager may use any player that has not yet entered the game… … Wikipedia
pinch hitter — noun (baseball) a substitute for the regular batter (Freq. 1) • Topics: ↑baseball, ↑baseball game, ↑softball, ↑softball game • Hypernyms: ↑substitute, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
pinch-hitter — v 1. To substitute for another player at bat in a baseball game. Smith was sent in to pinch hit for Jones. 2. informal To act for a while, or in an emergency, for another person; take someone s place for a while. I asked him to pinch hit for me… … Словарь американских идиом
pinch hitter — 1. n. a substitute batter in the game of baseball. □ Sam is a pinch hitter for Ralph, who broke his wrist. □ Time to send in a pinch hitter. 2. n. any substitute person. □ In school today we had a pinch hitter. Our teacher was sick … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
pinch hitter — noun a) A substitute batter; one who pinch hits. Ill be sending a pinch hitter to do the presentation because I have the flu. b) An aggressive batsman brought on to score runs quickly, even at the … Wiktionary
pinch-hitter — (baseball) substitute batter, extra batter Gomez is the best pinch hitter on the team. His average is .372 … English idioms
Pinch hitter (cricket) — In cricket, pinch hitter is the usual term for a batsman (not a substitute, unlike in baseball) promoted up the batting order in order to score quick runs. As attempting to score runs quickly involves playing more aggressive shots and thus an… … Wikipedia
pinch hitter — noun Date: 1912 one that pinch hits … New Collegiate Dictionary
