pinch-hit

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [pinch hit]
- /pɪntʃ hɪt/
- /pɪntʃ hɪt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pinch hit]
- /pɪntʃ hɪt/

Definitions of pinch-hit word

verb without object pinch-hit Baseball. to serve as a pinch hitter. 1
verb without object pinch-hit Informal. to substitute for someone, especially in an emergency. 1
verb with object pinch-hit Baseball. to get, or make (a hit) in pinch-hitting. 1
noun pinch-hit a hit made by a pinch hitter. 1
verb pinch-hit If you pinch-hit for someone, you do something for them because they are unexpectedly unable to do it. 0
verb pinch-hit In a game of baseball, if you pinch-hit for another player, you hit the ball instead of them. 0

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Origin of pinch-hit

First appearance:

before 1930

One of the 10% newest English words

1930-35, Americanism; back formation from pinch hitter

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Parts of speech for Pinch-hit

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Pinch-hit

pinch-hit popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 71% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.