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bowls

nounnounverbattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//bəʊlz//
  • United States//boʊlz//

A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on one side, and called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than one's opponent is able to do.

noun

  1. 1

    Also a form of bowlplural of bowl

noun

  1. 1

    A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on one side, and called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than one's opponent is able to do.

  2. 2

    A ball used in the game of bowls

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of bowlthird-person singular simple present indicative of bowl

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