bowling
/ˈbəʊlɪŋ//ˈboʊliŋ/
verb
- 1
To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.
- 2
To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).
- 3
To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.
“We were bowled rapidly along the road.”
- 4
To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
noun
- 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/five-pin bowling
- 2
Candlepin bowling.
- 3
Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
- 4
The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
- 5
A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
- 6
(gerund) The action of the verb bowl.
- 7
Road bowling.
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