Ninth-inning
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Ninth-inning is an adjective meaning (baseball) Happening in the ninth inning of a baseball game.
Meaning
(baseball) Happening in the ninth inning of a baseball game.
More Meanings
- (idiomatic) Happening as late as possible, eleventh-hour.
Example Sentences
2011, November 11. Krystal Peak, "Zynga wants stock back, calls company meritocracy", Vator News. But we can chalk a lot of this ninth-inning scramble to the fact that Zynga issued 33 million in new stock for the 2010, which was just too much to offer out so early in the game.
1921. Kenneth D. Cassidy, "Teaching Truck Salesmanship", Michigan Manufacturer & Financial Record. The result has been that some truck manufacturers already have gone into bankruptcy, while many are making a ninth-inning attempt at re-organization in a desperate attempt to ward off failure.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include walk-off, inside, loaded, twinight, fair, baseballing.
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