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ninth-inning

ninth-inning adjective: happening in the ninth inning of a baseball game.

Adjective

ninth-inning (comparative more ninth-inning, superlative most ninth-inning)

  1. Happening in the ninth inning of a baseball game.
  2. (idiomatic) Happening as late as possible, eleventh-hour.
    • 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.
    • 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.2011, November 11. Krystal Peak, "Zynga wants stock back, calls company meritocracy", Vator News.

Forms of ninth-inning

comparativemore ninth-inning
superlativemost ninth-inning

Origin of ninth-inning

In baseball, the ninth inning is the last period of the game.

Questions about ninth-inning

What does ninth-inning mean?
Ninth-inning means happening in the ninth inning of a baseball game.
What part of speech is ninth-inning?
Ninth-inning is an adjective.

Words near ninth-inning in the dictionary

  1. ninth grade
  2. ninth grader
  3. ninth graders
  4. ninth grades
  5. Ninth Month
  6. ninth-inning
  7. ninthed
  8. ninthing
  9. ninthly
  10. ninths
  11. ninty

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