Definitions for pinch-hit

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Spelling: [pinch-hit]

IPA: /ˈpɪntʃˈhɪt/

Pinch-Hit is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 88 anagrams from letters in pinch-hit (-chhiinpt).

Definitions for pinch-hit

noun

1. a hit made by a pinch hitter.

verb (used with object)

1. Baseball. to get, or make (a hit) in pinch-hitting.

verb (used without object)

1. Baseball. to serve as a pinch hitter.
2. Informal. to substitute for someone, especially in an emergency.

Origin of pinch-hit

1930-35, Americanism; back formation from pinch hitter

Examples for pinch-hit

Muikstra ku sa mga draybir nga nasakit, I pinch-hit for drivers who are sick.

In the top of the ninth inning, in his last appearance in professional baseball, he was sent in to pinch-hit for Zachary.

Ed Kranepool pinch-hit a gentle single; and then Willie Mays was up.