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pinch hitters

pinch hitters is the plural of pinch hitter.

Meaning of pinch hitter

Noun

pinch hitter (plural pinch hitters)

  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 .217.2023 May 26, Cody Stavenhagen, “A.J. Hinch is managing with confidence as the Tigers hang tight in the AL Central”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2025
  2. An aggressive batsman brought on to score runs quickly, even at the risk of losing his wicket.
  3. (colloquial) A person who substitutes for another to perform one or more tasks.
    • I’ll be sending a pinch hitter to do the presentation because I have the flu.

Questions about pinch hitters

What is pinch hitters the plural of?
Pinch hitters is the plural of pinch hitter.

Words near pinch hitters in the dictionary

  1. pinch forces
  2. pinch grafting
  3. pinch hit
  4. pinch hits
  5. pinch hitter
  6. pinch hitters
  7. pinch mode
  8. pinch modes
  9. pinch of salt
  10. pinch of the game
  11. pinch off

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