Meanings
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1
noun
a turn or period of activity, especially a renewed opportunity to speak or act
Mary Jane took another inning and tried once more to explain her position.
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2
noun
baseball: one of the divisions of a game in which each team has a turn at bat
The home team scored three runs in the seventh inning.
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3
noun
a player's or team's turn at the table in billiards or a similar game
Her inning ended when the cue ball dropped into a pocket.
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Etymology
Back-formed from innings after speakers interpreted its final -s as a plural ending. The sporting noun later developed the figurative sense of a person's turn or period of activity, which is the sense used in Huckleberry Finn.