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Webster 1913 Edition


Bowling

Bowl′ing

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Noun.
The act of playing at or rolling bowls, or of rolling the ball at cricket; the game of bowls or of tenpins.
Bowling alley
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a covered place for playing at bowls or tenpins.
Bowling green
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a level piece of greensward or smooth ground for bowling, as the small park in lower Broadway, New York, where the Dutch of New Amsterdam played this game.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bowling

BOWLING

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ppr.
Playing at bowls.

Definition 2024


bowling

bowling

English

Verb

bowling

  1. present participle of bowl

Noun

bowling (uncountable)

Bowling (sense 1)
  1. A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling
  2. (New England) Candlepin bowling.
  3. Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
  4. (cricket) The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
  5. (slang) A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
  6. (gerund) The action of the verb bowl.
  7. (Ireland) Road bowling.

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French

Etymology

Borrowing from English bowling.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.liŋ/

Noun

bowling m (plural bowlings)

  1. bowling
    Elle adore jouer au bowling.
    She loves to play bowling.
  2. A place where one can play bowling.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English bowling.

Noun

bowling m (invariable)

  1. ten-pin bowling
  2. bowling alley

Spanish

Noun

bowling m (plural bowlings)

  1. bowling alley

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowing from English bowling.

Noun

bowling c

  1. bowling; a game played by rolling a ball down an alley

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