pinch-hit
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pinch-hit
(pĭnch′hĭt′)intr.v. pinch-hit, pinch-hit·ting, pinch-hits
1. Baseball To bat in place of a player scheduled to bat, especially when a hit is badly needed.
2. Informal To substitute for another in a time of need.
pinch hit n.
pinch hitter n.
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pinch-hit
vb (intr) , -hits, -hitting or -hit
1. (Baseball) baseball to bat as a substitute for the scheduled batter
2. informal US and Canadian to act as a substitute
3. (Cricket) cricket (of a batsman in a limited-overs match) to bat aggressively at the start of an innings in order to take advantage of fielding restrictions
pinch hitter n
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pinch′ hit′
n.
a hit made by a pinch hitter.
[1910–15]
pinch′-hit′
v. -hit, -hit•ting. v.i.
1. to substitute at bat for a teammate in baseball, often at a critical moment of a game.
2. to substitute for someone, esp. in an emergency.
v.t. 3. to make (a hit) in pinch-hitting.
[1930–35, Amer.]
pinch′ hit′ter, n.
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pinch-hit
Past participle: pinch-hit
Gerund: pinch-hitting
| Imperative |
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| pinch-hit |
| pinch-hit |
| Present |
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| I pinch-hit |
| you pinch-hit |
| he/she/it pinch-hits |
| we pinch-hit |
| you pinch-hit |
| they pinch-hit |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I pinch-hit |
| you pinch-hit |
| he/she/it pinch-hit |
| we pinch-hit |
| you pinch-hit |
| they pinch-hit |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am pinch-hitting |
| you are pinch-hitting |
| he/she/it is pinch-hitting |
| we are pinch-hitting |
| you are pinch-hitting |
| they are pinch-hitting |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have pinch-hit |
| you have pinch-hit |
| he/she/it has pinch-hit |
| we have pinch-hit |
| you have pinch-hit |
| they have pinch-hit |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was pinch-hitting |
| you were pinch-hitting |
| he/she/it was pinch-hitting |
| we were pinch-hitting |
| you were pinch-hitting |
| they were pinch-hitting |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had pinch-hit |
| you had pinch-hit |
| he/she/it had pinch-hit |
| we had pinch-hit |
| you had pinch-hit |
| they had pinch-hit |
| Future |
|---|
| I will pinch-hit |
| you will pinch-hit |
| he/she/it will pinch-hit |
| we will pinch-hit |
| you will pinch-hit |
| they will pinch-hit |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have pinch-hit |
| you will have pinch-hit |
| he/she/it will have pinch-hit |
| we will have pinch-hit |
| you will have pinch-hit |
| they will have pinch-hit |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be pinch-hitting |
| you will be pinch-hitting |
| he/she/it will be pinch-hitting |
| we will be pinch-hitting |
| you will be pinch-hitting |
| they will be pinch-hitting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been pinch-hitting |
| you have been pinch-hitting |
| he/she/it has been pinch-hitting |
| we have been pinch-hitting |
| you have been pinch-hitting |
| they have been pinch-hitting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been pinch-hitting |
| you will have been pinch-hitting |
| he/she/it will have been pinch-hitting |
| we will have been pinch-hitting |
| you will have been pinch-hitting |
| they will have been pinch-hitting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been pinch-hitting |
| you had been pinch-hitting |
| he/she/it had been pinch-hitting |
| we had been pinch-hitting |
| you had been pinch-hitting |
| they had been pinch-hitting |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would pinch-hit |
| you would pinch-hit |
| he/she/it would pinch-hit |
| we would pinch-hit |
| you would pinch-hit |
| they would pinch-hit |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have pinch-hit |
| you would have pinch-hit |
| he/she/it would have pinch-hit |
| we would have pinch-hit |
| you would have pinch-hit |
| they would have pinch-hit |
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pinch-hit
verbInformal. To act as a substitute:
Informal: sub.
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Translations
pinch-hit
[ˈpɪntʃhɪt] VI (US) → batear de suplente (fig) to pinch-hit for sb → sustituir a algn en un apuroCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
pinch-hit
vi (US) → Ersatzspieler sein; (fig) → einspringen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007