bowling
any of several games in which players standing at one end of an alley or green roll balls at standing objects or toward a mark at the other end, especially a game in which a heavy ball is rolled from one end of a wooden alley at wooden pins set up at the opposite end.: Compare boccie, candlepins (def. 2), duckpins (def. 2), lawn bowling, ninepins (def. 1), tenpins (def. 1).
the game of bowls; lawn bowling.
an act or instance of playing or participating in any such game: Bowling is a pleasant way to exercise.
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How to use bowling in a sentence
When it vanishes again, just in time for water-bottle bowling, my 11-year-old substitutes a lacrosse ball — and rolls a spare.
Kids are shooting hoops with rolled up socks, but pandemic physical education is not canceled | Kelly Field | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostThey belong to civic organizations such as churches, Elks clubs and bowling leagues.
Researchers identify social factors inoculating some communities against coronavirus | Christopher Ingraham | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostTo pass the time, Grisham and his friends had bowling tournaments in a two-lane alley and played a lot of poker, he said.
This man mistakenly left his wallet in Antarctica. Some 53 years later, he got it back. | Cathy Free | February 9, 2021 | Washington PostIn spite of the challenges, new bowling alleys have opened during the pandemic, and with the vaccine already being administered, a glimmer of hope is on the horizon.
America’s Independent Bowling Alleys Might Not Make It Through the Pandemic | Emma Orlow | January 15, 2021 | EaterThe league offers kickball, volleyball, dodgeball, bowling, and more.
Brabner talked about the “MTV people” coming to Cleveland to get pictures of Pekar emptying the garbage and going bowling.
The Rustbelt Roars Back From the Dead | Joel Kotkin, Richey Piiparinen | December 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSome twits have gone on Twitter to suggest Spencer was being reckless when he went out bowling.
The 18-inch air ducts that feed the pipe rooms are each over 50 feet in length, large enough to fit a bowling ball.
How to Save Silent Movies: Inside New Jersey’s Cinema Paradiso | Rich Goldstein | October 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the eyes of the NRA, Rambo is as grave a threat to gun rights as The Fonz—or the director of bowling for Columbine.
Rambo Hates Guns: How Sylvester Stallone Became the Most Anti-Gun Celeb in Hollywood | Asawin Suebsaeng | August 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPaul employed his wife, a deacon in their bowling Green presbyterian church, for damage control.
A cricket-match was in progress, but the bowling and batting were extremely wild, thanks to The Warren strong beer.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsEven then the Prime Minister was with difficulty prevented from bowling during forbidden hours.
He made some remark about the beauty of the night, and a minute later he was bowling back in a hansom to Merehaven House.
The Weight of the Crown | Fred M. WhiteThe Wellington came bowling along under close-reefed topsails.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneI snatched up a war-club, dropped by a slain savage, and hurled it into the thick of them, bowling over two.
A Virginia Scout | Hugh Pendexter
British Dictionary definitions for bowling
/ (ˈbəʊlɪŋ) /
any of various games in which a heavy ball is rolled down a special alley, usually made of wood, at a group of wooden pins, esp the games of tenpin bowling (tenpins) and skittles (ninepins)
the game of bowls
cricket the act of delivering the ball to the batsman
(modifier) of or relating to bowls or bowling: a bowling team
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