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bowling

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: bowling

1
 n
a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them
2
 n
(cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: bowling
1

n a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them

Types:
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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
bocce, bocci, boccie
Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court
Type of:
game
a contest with rules to determine a winner

n the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc

Type of:
playing
the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation
2

n (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman

Types:
Chinaman
a ball bowled by a left-handed bowler to a right-handed batsman that spins from off to leg
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
Type of:
throw
the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)
Launch
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