pinch hitter

pinch hitter

noun

Definition of PINCH HITTER

: one that pinch-hits

Examples of PINCH HITTER

1. <the business owners brought in a pinch hitter until a permanent manager could be hired>

First Known Use of PINCH HITTER

1912

Related to PINCH HITTER

Synonyms: backup, cover, designated hitter, fill-in, locum tenens, substitute, relief, replacement, reserve, stand-in, sub

Related Words: alternate, understudy; apology, makeshift, stopgap; agent, assignee, attorney, commissary, delegate, deputy, envoy, factor, procurator, proxy, rep, representative, surrogate; assistant, reliever, second; successor, superseder

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Rhymes with PINCH HITTER

acquitter, aglitter, atwitter, beam splitter, bed-sitter, embitter, emitter, fence-sitter, gas fitter, hairsplitter, house sitter, no-hitter, outfitter, permitter, pipe fitter, rail-splitter, remitter, Salzgitter, shipfitter, steamfitter, switch-hitter, transmitter