inning

== English == === Etymology 1 === Back-formation from innings, mistaken to be plural of the time period, not the entries of the batters/batsmen. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɪnɪŋ/ Rhymes: -ɪnɪŋ ==== Noun ==== inning (plural innings) (baseball) 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. (softball) A similar period of play. (billiards) 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. (obsolete) The gathering of a crop; harvesting. (obsolete) Lands recovered from the sea. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== top: (baseball, softball) first half of an inning bottom: (baseball, softball) second half of an inning ===== Descendants ===== → Japanese: イニング (iningu) → Korean: 이닝 (ining) ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== inning present participle and gerund of inn == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈinin/ [ˈi.nĩn] Rhymes: -inin === Noun === inning m (plural innings) (baseball) inning