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bowling definition

bowl·ing (bōl′iŋ)

noun

  1. a game in which a heavy ball is bowled along a wooden lane in an attempt to knock over ten large wooden pins that are set upright at the far end
  2. lawn bowling
  3. the playing of either of these games
  4. Cricket the act of throwing the ball to the batsman

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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