bowling
bowling
Definition
bowl·ing (bōl′iŋ)
noun
- 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
- lawn bowling
- the playing of either of these games
- Cricket the act of throwing the ball to the batsman
bowling
Synonyms
bowling
n.
bowling
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- ice-skate: Past trips have included visits to Bristol and Brecon, swimming, ice-skating, bowling, the theater and Pizza Hut.
- open: Here we go Steve Harmison's going to open the bowling.
Adjective modifier
- 10-pin: Similar in concept to American 10-pin bowling, it is played by rolling a ball at nine wooden pins.
- wayward: Edwards and Manek struggled to lay a bat on some wayward Oratory bowling but they did bring up a 50 opening partnership.
- tight: Despite some tight bowling the MCC won by 6 wickets with 3 overs to spare.
- indoor: For golfers the Kirton Holme and Boston Golf club have excellent courses, while nearby Boston offers indoor bowling and a cinema.
- hostile: In response Alex Wakely played a magnificent innings in the face of some hostile bowling.
- accurate: Vail kept Rushton in check with some accurate left-arm bowling.
Modifies a noun
- alley: MULDER: Yeah, from the bowling alley, going back seven years.
- green: The hotel had a big bowling green at the front with railings around.
- ball: Start off by marking where your bowling ball grips will go.
- lane: To keep an with bowling lanes progressive nature of.
- attack: The make-up of England ' s bowling attack has yet to be decided.
- pin: Or maybe if there were bowling pins set up at the bottom.
Noun used with modifier
- ten-pin: Being with Malaysia's ten-pin bowling team earlier today helped to inspire me for my match.
- tenpin: With 50 tenpin bowling centers across the UK, you're never far from a great day out.
- pin: There is for example a ten pin bowling team which plays on Thursday night.
- seam: Well we certainly need to bolster our seam bowling.
- spin: Sam is a quality player who will add steel to our batting whist being very useful with his leg spin bowling.
- pace: There is little doubt however that the 2006 squad scores over the 1971 team in pace bowling.
bowling Quotes
The fellows were practising long shies and bowling lobs and slow twisters. In the soft grey silence he could hear the bump of the balls: and from here and from there through the quiet air the sound of the cricket bats: pick, pack, pock, puck: like drops of water in a fountain falling softly in the brimming bowl.
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