pinch hit

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pinch′hit′)

Inflections of 'pinch hit' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
pinch-hits
v 3rd person singular
pinch-hitting
v pres p
pinch-hit
v past
pinch-hit
v past p
  • WordReference
  • Collins
  • Definition
  • Synonyms
  • English Collocations

WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
pinch hit n (baseball; hit made by pinch hitter)bateo del emergente grupo nom
pinch-hit for [sb] vi + prep (baseball: substitute for [sb] at bat)batear de suplente por loc verb
  (PR)batear de emergente por loc verb
 The rookie was put in the line-up to pinch-hit for the pitcher in the ninth inning.
 El novato fue colocado en la alineación para batear de suplente por el bateador en la novena entrada.
pinch-hit for [sb] vi + prep US, figurative (substitute for another)sustituir a vtr + prep
  ser suplente de loc verb
  Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.


Forum discussions with the word(s) "pinch hit" in the title:

  • Go to Preferences page and choose from different actions for taps or mouse clicks.
See Google Translate's machine translation of 'pinch hit'.

In other languages: French | Italian | Portuguese | Romanian | German | Dutch | Swedish | Russian | Polish | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Advertisements
Advertisements
Infórmanos de los anuncios inapropiados.
WordReference.com
WORD OF THE DAY
GET THE DAILY EMAIL!

Become a WordReference Supporter to view the site ad-free.