"pinch hitter" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-pinch hitter.ogg [Australia] Forms: pinch hitters [plural]
Etymology: pinch hit + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pinch hit|er}} pinch hit + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} pinch hitter (plural pinch hitters)
  1. (baseball) A substitute batter; one who pinch-hits. Categories (topical): Baseball, People Related terms: pinch hit, designated hitter
    Sense id: en-pinch_hitter-en-noun-IJBhqC06 Disambiguation of People: 36 22 41 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (cricket) An aggressive batsman brought on to score runs quickly, even at the risk of losing his wicket. Categories (topical): Cricket, People
    Sense id: en-pinch_hitter-en-noun-X-gob0J7 Disambiguation of People: 36 22 41 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 61 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 32 59 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 27 61 13 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 31 60 9 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. (colloquial) An individual who substitutes for another to perform one or more tasks. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-pinch_hitter-en-noun-PXOZLqia Disambiguation of People: 36 22 41

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