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    [Verb]  | "pinch-hit" | \ ˈpinch-ˈhit \


    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


    Origin: 1911 ;

     Back-formation from pinch hitter;

    [Noun]  | "pinch hit" 


    1: a hit made by a pinch hitter


    Origin: 1927 ;

    [Verb]  | "pinch-hit" 


    1: to serve as a replacement usually for a time only;


      * e.g., " ... assigned to pinch-hit as a math teacher for the remainder of the semester "



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     [ "pinch hit" ]

    1: To temporarily replace someone; substitute; fill-in

      * e.g.,  ... Brady came down with the sniffles and couldn't come into work at the radio station, so Frankie was asked to pinch hit for Brady's shift. 

     [ "Pinch hit" ]

    1: When smoking cannabis in a circle, a person may become so overwhelmed (by a coughing fit, or even from the effects of the plant itself) that they are unable or unwilling to take a hit when the bowl or bong is passed to them.

      * e.g.,  ... "*cough* *cough* *hack* Hey man, you wanna *cough* *wheeze* take a pinch hit *cough* for me?" 


     [ "Pinch hit" ]

    2: In this case, the afflicted person may have someone "pinch hit" for them on this round.

     [ "pinch hit" ]

    1: When one is too intoxicated to have sex, or has already passed out and a female is left alone a pinch hitter is called to get the job done

      * e.g.,  ... Dude, he's out cold anyone going to step up to the plate and pinch hit? 

     [ "Pinch Hit" ]

    1: When you take a blunt or joint, light the mouthpiece end of it, and put it in the hole of a bluntinator. You then blow into the bluntinator and someone else breathes in the smoke that is coming out of the blunt or joint sticking out of the bluntinator. Similar to shotgun

      * e.g.,  ... You should pinch hit that blunt. 

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