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bowl·ing
(bō′lĭng)n.
1.
a. A game played by rolling a ball down a wooden alley in order to knock down a triangular group of ten pins. Also called tenpins.
b. A similar game, such as duckpins or ninepins.
2. Lawn bowling.
3. The playing of one of these games.
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bowling
(ˈbəʊlɪŋ)n
1. (Bowls & Bowling) 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)
2. (Bowls & Bowling) the game of bowls
3. (Cricket) cricket the act of delivering the ball to the batsman
4. (Bowls & Bowling) (modifier) of or relating to bowls or bowling: a bowling team.
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
bowl•ing
(ˈboʊ lɪŋ)n.
any of several games in which players roll balls at standing objects or toward a mark, esp. a game in which a heavy ball is rolled down a wooden alley at wooden pins.
[1525–35]
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| Noun | 1. |  bowling - a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving themgame - a contest with rules to determine a winner; "you need four people to play this game" frame - one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided tenpin bowling, tenpins - bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins ninepins, skittles - a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins duckpins - a bowling game using a pin smaller than a tenpin but proportionately wider candlepin bowling, candlepins - a bowling game using slender bowling pins bowls, lawn bowling - a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack pocket - (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left; "the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike" convert - score (a spare) |
| 2. | bowling - (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman throw - the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist); "the catcher made a good throw to second base" cricket - a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs bosie, bosie ball, googly, wrong 'un - a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way no ball - unlawfully delivered ball in cricket; "the umpire called it a no ball" | |
| 3. | bowling - the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc playing - the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation run-up - the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed bowl - roll (a ball) |
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Translations
بُولِينغلَعْبَة البولينْجلُعْبَةُ الكُرَةِ الخَشَبِيَّه
kuželkybowling
bowling
keilailu
kuglanje
tekézés
keiluspil, keila
テンピンボウリングボウリング
볼링텐핀 볼링
kegljanje
bowling
โบว์ลิ่งโบว์ลิ่งแบบตัวตั้งสิบตัว
trò chơi bowlingtrò chơi bowling mười con ky
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
bowling
[ˈbəʊlɪŋ] nCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
bowling
n
bowling
:bowling alley
n → Bowlingbahn f
bowling green
n → Spiel- or Rasenfläche f → für Bowling/Boccia/Boule
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bowl1
(bəul) noun a wooden ball rolled along the ground in playing bowls. See also bowls below .
verb1. to play bowls.
2. to deliver or send (a ball) towards the batsman in cricket.
3. to put (a batsman) out by hitting the wicket with the ball. Smith was bowled for eighty-five (= Smith was put out after making eighty-five runs).
ˈbowler nounˈbowling noun
(see also ninepins) the game of skittles, bowls or something similar.
bowls noun singular a game played on a smooth green with bowls having a bias. a game of bowls.
ˈbowling-alley noun1. a long narrow set of wooden boards along which one bowls at skittles.
2. a building which contains several of these.
ˈbowling-green noun a smooth piece of grass for playing bowls on.
bowl over to knock down. I was bowled over in the rush for the door; His generosity bowled me over.
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bowling
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