PINCH HITTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pinch hitter mean? 

• PINCH HITTER (noun)
  The noun PINCH HITTER has 1 sense:

1. (baseball) a substitute for the regular batter

  Familiarity information: PINCH HITTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PINCH HITTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(baseball) a substitute for the regular batter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("pinch hitter" is a kind of...):

batsman; batter; hitter; slugger ((baseball) a ballplayer who is batting)

reserve; second-stringer; substitute (an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced)

Domain category:

ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)

softball; softball game (a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger and softer)