See Also: pinch-hit(dictionary)
pinch(dictionary)
Z-pinch(medicine)
pinch 2, noun(dictionary)
pinch 1, verb(dictionary)
theta pinch(medicine)
screw pinch(medicine)
Pinch - Sailing(gambling)
pinch graft(medicine)
pinch reflex diode(medicine)

thunderstorm (iou) and pinch-hit (oh)


thunderstorm (iou)



thunderstorm noun. M17.
[from THUNDER noun + STORM noun.]
A storm with thunder and lightning, produced by electrically charged cumulonimbus clouds and usu. accompanied by heavy rain or hail.
like a duck in a thunderstorm, like a dying duck in a thunderstorm: see DUCK noun1.
thunderstormy adjective M20.

pinch-hit (oh)



v [I + for] AmE
to do something for someone else because they are suddenly not able to do it
to hit for someone else in Baseball
-- pinch-hitter n [C]