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inning
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
inning
(noun)
innings
(noun)
stretch
(noun)
inning
/
ˈ
ɪnɪŋ/
noun
plural
innings
inning
/
ˈ
ɪnɪŋ/
noun
plural
innings
Britannica Dictionary definition of INNING
[
count
]
baseball
:
one of the usually nine parts of a game in which each team bats until three outs are made
She hit a double in the fourth
inning
.
He pitched three
innings
.
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