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Pinch hitter

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A substitute batter; one who pinch-hits.

    "This year the Tigers are using pinch hitters 72 percent more often than the league average. They entered Thursday leading the league with 59 pinch-hit plate appearances. Tigers pinch hitters were batting .231, above the league average for pinch hitters of .217."

  2. 2
    (baseball) a substitute for the regular batter wordnet
  3. 3
    An aggressive batsman brought on to score runs quickly, even at the risk of losing his wicket.
  4. 4
    A person who substitutes for another to perform one or more tasks. colloquial

    "I’ll be sending a pinch hitter to do the presentation because I have the flu."

Etymology

From pinch hit + -er.

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