Dictionary entries for 'inning'

Synonyms

in·ning (ĭńĭng)

[Middle English innynge, a getting in, from Old English innung gerund of innian, to put in, from in, in; see in¹.]

noun

1. Baseball One of nine divisions or periods of a regulation game, in which each team has a turn at bat as limited by three outs.
2. innings. Sports The division or period of a cricket game during which one team is at bat.
An opportunity to act or speak out; a chance for accomplishment. Often used in the plural with singular or plural verb.
The reclamation of flooded or marshy land.