inning
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inning¹
- /ˈɪnɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ɪnɪŋ
Where it comes from
Back-formation from innings, mistaken to be plural of the time period, not the entries of the batters/batsmen.
noun innings
- A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game. It is a baseball tradition to sing "Take Me Out To the Ball Game" during the seventh inning stretch.
- A similar period of play. We batted around in our half of the inning.
- A player (or team)'s turn at the table to make shots until ended by a miss or a foul.
- A chance or opportunity to perform some deed or act. We are in just the second inning of our quest to enter this new market.
- The gathering of a crop; harvesting. […] for the mowing, reaping, shering, getting or inning of corne, […]
- Lands recovered from the sea. One of the earliest ‘innings’ of Walland Marsh, after the Norman Conquest,‥has been ever since called Becket's Innings, as this Archbishop has the credit of promoting it.
inning²
verb
- present participle and gerund of inn
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: frame, baseman, hitter, batter, tour, handle, shutout, sleeve, bottom, batting, board, bureau, authority, channel, council, round
Translations
Talk about this word "inning." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/inning. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. inning. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/inning "inning." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/inning.Cite this
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title = {inning},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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