bowling

Definitions of bowling
  1. noun
    the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc
  2. noun
    (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman
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    type of:
    gettito, getto, lancio, tiro
    the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)
  3. noun
    a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them
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    types:
    bocce
    a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack
    type of:
    giocata
    a contest with rules to determine a winner
  4. noun
    bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins
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