Bowling meaning

bō'lĭng
Lawn bowling.
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The playing of one of these games.
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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.
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The playing of either of these games.
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The act of throwing the ball to the batsman.
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Present participle of bowl.
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A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling.
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(New England) Candlepin bowling.
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Several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
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(cricket) The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
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(slang) A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
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(gerund) The action of the verb bowl.
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(Ireland) Road bowling.
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Bowling Sentence Examples

  • But though the same statute absolutely prohibited bowling alleys, Henry VIII.

  • Young boys used to manually set up bowling pins after each frame.

  • Jack ran from the house to greet them, nearly bowling Brady over.

  • The Bowling Associations of Victoria and New South Wales were established in 1880, and it was not until 1892 that the Scottish Bowling Association was founded.

  • He declined an invitation to join Fred and two neighborhood cronies for bowling, but had no desire to stick around the house all day either.

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