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inning

inning

245 4.2
One part of a baseball game when each team bats and fields
  • noun
  • /ˈɪnɪŋ/
  • US
translation icon : entrada
  • It's the middle innings, and his pitches aren't slowing down.
  • nine innings
  • a baseball inning
  • innings pitched

Examples

  • Then they lost the game in 11 innings by one run.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Two out in the tenth inning, the tying runs are aboard.

    Game 6 (2006)

  • We go to the bottom of the last inning, and it's all tied up.

    The Benchwarmers (2006)

  • Time for the seventh inning stretch.

    Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

  • The start of the eighth inning.

    Hickey & Boggs (1972)

  • Just need to get out of this inning and then get a little breather.

    Major League: Back to the Minors (1998)

  • We are in the 9th inning of a friendly softball game between the local cops.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • If they can hold them scoreless this inning, the momentum's gonna shift.

    Killer Waves 2 (2020)

  • In the second inning, Thomson hits a slider on a line over third.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • We go to the bottom of the last inning, and it's all tied up.

Synonyms

frame
vsinning
  • Jargon
87 4.2

A part of a game when players take turns, for example in bowling

is the baseball term for one of nine periods when teams bat and field

Compounds

ninth-inning
  • US
13 5.9

The last part of a game or activity

bottom of the inning
  • US
1 6.1

The second half of an inning when the home team bats

top of the inning
  • Jargon
1 5.1

The first half of an inning when the visiting team bats

Surface Forms

inning singular
innings plural

Etymology

Inning comes from Old English for a time of 'bringing in' or getting something, with the part in- meaning 'in' or 'to bring in'. So an inning in baseball is a team's time to 'bring in' runs or to take a 'turn' at bat.