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Webster 1913 Edition
Bowling
Bowl′ing
,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
, a covered place for playing at bowls or tenpins.
– Bowling green
, 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
,ppr.
Definition 2024
bowling
bowling
English
Verb
bowling
- present participle of bowl
Noun
bowling (uncountable)
Bowling (sense 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
- (New England) Candlepin bowling.
- Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
- (cricket) The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
- (slang) A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
- (gerund) The action of the verb bowl.
- (Ireland) Road bowling.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Related terms
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Translations
a game played by rolling a ball down an alley
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several similar games
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(cricket) propelling the ball towards the batsman
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a walking style
action of the verb “to bowl”
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See also
- boules
- bowls
- crown green bowling
- lawn bowls
- ninepins
- skittles
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowing from English bowling.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bu.liŋ/
Noun
bowling m (plural bowlings)
- bowling
- Elle adore jouer au bowling.
- She loves to play bowling.
- Elle adore jouer au bowling.
- A place where one can play bowling.