Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

pinch-hit

 
Dictionary: pinch-hit   (pĭnch'hĭt')
intr.v., -hit, -hit·ting, -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 pinch hit n.
pinch hitter pinch hitter n.

Search unanswered questions...
Enter a question here...
Search: All sources Community Q&A Reference topics
Thesaurus: pinch-hit
Top

verb

    To act as a substitute: fill in, stand in, substitute, supply. Informal sub. See substitute.

Translations: Pinch-hit
Top

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - vikariere

Nederlands (Dutch)
iemand vervangen, invallen (honkbal)

Français (French)
v. intr. - (Sport) jouer à la place de qn, remplacer au pied levé

Deutsch (German)
v. - als Ersatzspieler fungieren, einspringen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αντικαθιστώ σε έκτακτη ανάγκη

Italiano (Italian)
prendere il posto del battitore

Português (Portuguese)
v. - substituir

Русский (Russian)
заменять в случае необходимости

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - sustituir en un momento de apuro, batear en sustitución del titular

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - ersätta (baseball)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
紧急时代打

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 緊急時代打

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 위기 타자로 나서다, 대리 역할을 맡아 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 代打に出る, 代役を務める

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يضرب الكرة بدلا من لاعب آخر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮מילא מקום‬


 
 
Learn More
Even Rude (Rock Band, '90s)
Pinwheel (Rock Band, '90s, 2000s)
MLB: 1947 World Series (1947 Sports & Recreation Film)

Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:

 

Copyrights:

Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Thesaurus. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Translations. Copyright © 2007, WizCom Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved.  Read more

 

Mentioned in