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bowling

verbnouncommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈbəʊlɪŋ//
  • United Kingdom/[ˈbɒʊɫɪŋ]/
  • United States//ˈboʊlɪŋ//

A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; tenpin bowling/fivepin bowling

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of bowlpresent participle and gerund of bowl

noun

  1. 1

    A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; tenpin bowling/fivepin bowling

  2. 2

    Candlepin bowling.

  3. 3

    Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.

  4. 4

    The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.

  5. 5

    slangA particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.

  6. 6

    The action of the verb bowl.

  7. 7

    Road bowling.

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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