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Meaning of pinch hitter | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A substitute batter; one who pinch-hits.
  2. An aggressive batsman brought on to score runs quickly, even at the risk of losing his wicket.
  3. A person who substitutes for another to perform one or more tasks.
    colloquial

Equivalents

Suomi vaihtolyöjä
日本語 代打
한국어 대타 대타자

Examples

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

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

pinch of salt pinch of the game pinch out pinch point pinch pot pinch roller

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