Usually means: Substitute batter hitting for another.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word pinch hit:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. pinch hit: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pinch-hit, pinch hit: Merriam-Webster
  3. pinch-hit: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pinch-hit: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pinch-hit, pinch-hit: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pinch-hit: Wordnik
  7. pinch-hit: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. pinch-hit, pinch hit: Wiktionary
  9. pinch-hit: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. pinch-hit: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. pinch hit: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. pinch-hit, pinch hit: Dictionary.com
  13. pinch-hit: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Pinch-hit: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. pinch-hit, pinch hit: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pinch-hit, pinch hit: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pinch-hit, pinch hit: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. pinch hit: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Pinch hit: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pinch hit)

▸ noun:  (baseball) A hit made by a pinch hitter.

Similar:
pinch hitter, pinch-hitter, pinch runner, hit-by-pitch, designated runner, hit by pitch, poke, safe hit, squeeze, single, more...

Opposite:
start, begin, lead off, open

Types:
sacrifice bunt, squeeze play, safety squeeze, more...

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Similar:
pinch hitter, pinch-hitter, pinch runner, hit-by-pitch, designated runner, hit by pitch, poke, safe hit, squeeze, single, more...

Opposite:
start, begin, lead off, open

Types:
sacrifice bunt, squeeze play, safety squeeze, more...



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