PINCH-HIT

Meaning of PINCH-HIT in English

Pronunciation: ' pinch- ' hit, ˌ pinch-

Function: intransitive verb

Etymology: back-formation from pinch hitter

Date: 1915

1 : to act or serve in place of another

2 : to bat in the place of another player especially when a hit is particularly needed

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

PINCH HIT — noun Date: 1927 a hit made by a ~ter
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PINCH-HIT — intransitive verb Etymology: back-formation from pinch hitter Date: 1915 to act or serve in place of another, to bat in …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PINCH HIT — noun Etymology: pinch-hit : a hit made while pinch-hitting
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PINCH-HIT — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ verb Etymology: back-formation from pinch hitter intransitive verb 1. : to go to bat in the place of another …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PINCH-HIT — /pinch"hit"/ , v.i. , pinch-hit, pinch-hitting . 1. Baseball. to serve as a pinch hitter. 2. Informal. to substitute for …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PINCH HIT — Baseball. a hit made by a pinch hitter. [ 1910-15 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PINCH HIT — Date: 1927 : a hit made by a pinch hitter
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PINCH-HIT — intransitive verb Etymology: back-formation from pinch hitter Date: 1915 1. : to act or serve in place of another 2. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PINCH HIT — Function: noun Date: 1927 : a hit made by a pinch hitter
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PINCH-HIT — ■ verb 1》 Baseball bat instead of another, typically at a critical point in the game. 2》 N. Amer. informal …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PINCH-HIT — [pinch-hit] vi [back-formation fr. pinch hitter] (1915) 1: to act or serve in place of another 2: to bat in …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PINCH HIT — [pinch hit] n (1927): a hit made by a pinch hitter
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PINCH-HIT — pinch-|hit BrE AmE ˌpɪn t ʃ |ˈhɪt ▷ pinch-|hits ˈhɪts ▷ pinch-|hitter/s ˈhɪt ə/z AmE ˈhɪt̬ ə r/z ▷ pinch-|hitting …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PINCH-HIT — verb [ v ] ( NAmE ) 1. ( in baseball ) to hit the ball for another player 2. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PINCH-HIT — ˈpinch-hit BrE AmE verb [intransitive + for] American English 1 . to do something for someone else because they are …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PINCH HIT — see pinch-hit
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PINCH-HIT — also pinch hit ( pinch-hits, pinch-hitting, pinch-hit) 1. If you pinch-hit for someone, you do something for them because they …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PINCH HIT — see pinch-hit
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PINCH-HIT — also pinch hit (~s, ~ting, ~) 1. If you ~ for someone, you do something for them because they are …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PINCH-HIT — verb EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ I've asked Carl to pinch-hit for me at the meeting next week.
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PINCH HIT — Synonyms and related words : act for, answer for, appear for, back up, change places with, commission, crowd out, cut …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PINCH-HIT — {v.} 1. To substitute for another player at bat in a baseball game. * /Smith was sent in to pinch-hit …
Slang English vocab
PINCH-HIT — v. ( AE ) (from baseball) ( D ; intr. ) to ~ for ('to replace')
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
PINCH-HIT — v. 1. To substitute for another player at bat in a baseball game. Smith was sent in to pinch-hit for …
American Idioms English vocabulary
PINCH HIT — удар, выполненный за другого игрока (бейсбол)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PINCH-HIT — сделать удар вместо игрока с битой (бейсбол) набирать таким образом очки (for) (американизм) (разговорное) заменять, служить заменой
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PINCH HIT — удар, выполненный за другого игрока ( бейсбол )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PINCH-HIT — v 1. 1> сделать удар вместо игрока с битой ( бейсбол ) 2> набирать таким образом очки 2. (for) амер. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PINCH HIT — (v) заменить; заменять; сделать удар вместо игрока с битой; служить заменой
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
PINCH-HIT — v 1. 1) сделать удар вместо игрока с битой ( бейсбол ) 2) набирать таким образом очки 2. (for) амер. …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PINCH HIT — удар, выполненный за другого игрока ( бейсбол )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PINCH HIT — удар, выполненный за другого игрока ( бейсбол )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PINCH-HIT — v 1. 1> сделать удар вместо игрока с битой ( бейсбол ) 2> набирать таким образом очки 2. (for) амер. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PINCH HIT — замена В бейсболе [baseball]: удар битой, выполненный за другого игрока
PINCH HIT — замена В бейсболе [baseball]: удар битой, выполненный за другого игрока
PINCH-HIT — vi AmE infml Who will pinch-hit for him? — Кто его заменит? She pinch-hit for me while I was in hospital — …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
PINCH-HIT — vi AmE infml Who will pinch-hit for him? — Кто его заменит? She pinch-hit for me while I was in …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
PINCH-HIT — pinch-hit vi AmE infml Who will pinch-hit for him? Кто его заменит? She pinch-hit for me while I was in …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
PINCH-HIT — Who will pinch-hit for him? — Кто его заменит? She pinch-hit for me while I was in hospital — Она …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
PINCH-HIT — сделать удар вместо игрока с битой (бейсбол) набирать таким образом очки (for) (американизм) (разговорное) заменять, служить заменой
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PINCH HIT — удар, выполненный за другого игрока (бейсбол)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PINCH — I. ˈpinch verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English pinchen, from (assumed) Old North French pinchier; akin to Old French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIT — I. ˈhit, usu -id.+V verb ( hit ; hit ; hitting ; hits ) Etymology: Middle English hitten, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PINCH — (v. t.) To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4.
Английский словарь Webster
PINCH — — pinchable , adj. /pinch/ , v.t. 1. to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HIT — — hitless , adj. — hittable , adj. — hitter , n. /hit/ , v. , hit, hitting , n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PINCH — I. ˈpinch verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French * pincher, pincer Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. : to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HIT — I. ˈhit verb ( hit ; hit·ting ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hyttan, probably from Old Norse hitta …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PINCH — noun pian; pang. 2. pinch ·vt to plait. 3. pinch ·vi to take hold; to grip, as a dog does. …
Webster English vocab
HIT — pron it. 2. hit ·impf & ·p.p. of hit. 3. hit ·- 3d pers. ·sg ·pres. of hide, contracted from …
Webster English vocab
PINCH — [pinch] vb [ME, fr. (assumed) ONF pinchier, fr. (assumed) VL pinctiare] vt (14c) 1 a: to squeeze between the finger …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HIT — [hit] vb hit ; hit.ting [ME, fr. OE hittan, fr. ON hitta to meet with, hit] vt (bef. 12c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PINCH — / pɪntʃ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb WITH THUMB AND FINGER 1. [ vn ] to take a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIT
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PINCH — I. pinch 1 /pɪntʃ/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: From an unrecorded Old North French pinchier ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HIT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PINCH — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. a grip (esp. the skin of part of the body or of another person) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HIT — v. & n. --v. (hitting; past and past part. hit) 1 tr. a strike with a blow or a missile. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PINCH — v. & n. v. 1 tr. a grip (esp. the skin of part of the body or of another person) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HIT — v. & n. v. (hitting; past and past part. hit) 1 tr. a strike with a blow or a missile. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PINCH — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. a grip (esp. the skin of part of the body or of another person) …
Oxford English vocab
HIT — v. & n. --v. (hitting; past and past part. hit) 1. tr. a strike with a blow or a missile. …
Oxford English vocab
PINCH — ( pinches, pinching, pinched) 1. If you pinch a part of someone’s body, you take a piece of their skin …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIT — ( hits, hitting) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form 'hit' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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