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Bowled
/bɔʊld/
To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.
📖 Definitions of "Bowled"
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.
adverb
- 1
(Dismissed) by the bowled ball hitting and breaking the batsman's wicket.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bowled"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| basinverb | To create a concavity or depression in. |
| troughverb | To eat in a vulgar style, as if from a trough. |
| arenanoun | The building housing such an area; specifically, a very large, often round building, often topped with a dome, designated for indoor sporting or other major events, such as concerts. |
| stadiumnoun | A venue where sporting events are held. |
| pipe bowlnoun | a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco |
| madenoun | (UK dialectal or obsolete) A grub or maggot. |
| hit wicket | a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket. |
| timed out | (cricket) Describing the method of getting out in which the batsman takes longer than two minutes to appear on the field. |
| caught behindnoun | (cricket) Out by being caught by the wicketkeeper. |
| leg before wicketnoun | (cricket) An instance of a batsman being out due to the leg before wicket law. |
| over the wicket | (cricket) bowling the ball from the side of the wicket that puts the bowler's bowling hand closer to the wicket |
| inside out | (not comparable) With the inside surface turned to be on the outside. |
| short | Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically. |
| cheaply | In a cheap manner; without expending much money. |
| fine | Senses referring to subjective quality. |
| in-offnoun | (snooker, pool) The situation where the cue ball goes into a pocket after striking the object ball. |
| plain ball | (snooker, of a shot) Hitting the cue ball in the center. |
| hit the ball twicenoun | (cricket) A rule ("law" in cricket) which when invoked results in the dismissal of a batsman (out), whereby the batsman has deliberately hit the ball with his bat a second time for a reason other than to protect his wicket. |
| the other way | (baseball, of a batted ball) To the opposite side of the plate relative to the batter. |
| saltando | (music) Played with a rapid, bouncing stroke of the bow on a stringed instrument. |
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