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[ in-ing ] / ˈɪn ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR inning ON THESAURUS.COM
nounBaseball. a division of a game during which each team has an opportunity to score until three outs have been made against it. a similar opportunity to score in certain other games, as horseshoes. an opportunity for activity; a turn: Now the opposition will have its inning. innings, (used with a singular verb) - Cricket. a unit of play in which each team has a turn at bat, the turn of a team ending after ten players are put out or when the team declares.
- land reclaimed, especially from the sea.
the act of reclaiming marshy or flooded land. enclosure, as of wasteland. the gathering in of crops. Origin of inningbefore 900; Middle English inninge,Old English innung a getting in, equivalent to inn(ian) to go in + -ung-ing1 Words nearby inninginner woman, in-ness, innholder, innidiation, innie, inning, innings, Inniskilling, innit, innkeeper, in no case Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for inningIn the 13th inning, a Red Sox batter popped one down left field line and Jeter went to get it. 10 Unforgettable Derek Jeter Highlights (VIDEO)|Jack Holmes|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST In the 2001 ALDS, the Yankees led the Oakland Athletics 1-0 in the seventh inning. 10 Unforgettable Derek Jeter Highlights (VIDEO)|Jack Holmes|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST Estimates are that by the fourth inning of his second start the cost was covered. Masahiro Tanaka Is the Yankees' $155M Lethal Weapon and Strikeout Machine|Allen Barra|May 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST There is his superstition about watching every Red Sox game but never the sixth inning. Joshua Ferris’s New Novel Chronicles an Existential Dentist in Despair|Tom LeClair|May 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
End: like an inning in baseball, except shorter and with less spitting. Curling: Your New Olympic Addiction, Explained|Brett Singer|February 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST I had a lucid day, in which the things that make for ambition of the better sort had their inning. The Helpers|Francis Lynde But just then the inning ended, and the sandy-haired pitcher had to go to the box. The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall|Spencer Davenport The inning was over, and, despite the injury to their star pitcher, another run had been stowed away in the Giants bat bag. Baseball Joe, Captain of the Team|Lester Chadwick Again the inning closed without a tally, and Robinson came in for her last turn at bat. On Your Mark!|Ralph Henry Barbour The sixth inning saw no break in the run of the game between the Grays and the Wind Jammers. Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager|Burt L. Standish
British Dictionary definitions for inning
nounbaseball a division of the game consisting of a turn at bat and a turn in the field for each side archaic the reclamation of land from the sea Word Origin for inningOld English innung a going in, from innian to go in Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to inningstretch, shot, round, stint, move, period, hitch, say, go, deed, try, service, favor, crack, bout, spell, fling, act, watch, bit |