inning

  1. Noun.  (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.
  2. Noun.  (softball) A similar period of play.
  3. Noun.  (billiards) A player (or team)'s turn at the table to make shots until ended by a miss or a foul.
  4. Noun.  A chance or opportunity to perform some deed or act.
  5. Noun.  (obsolete) Lands recovered from the sea.

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