bowling

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   noununcountable

   A game where you roll a heavy ball to knock down ten pins.

   Like trying to knock down a stack of cans by rolling a ball at them.

   We went bowling on Friday night and I knocked down all ten pins twice.

   Bowling is her favorite weekend activity.

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   noununcountable

   In cricket, sending the ball down the pitch toward the player who is batting.

   Like a pitcher throwing the ball to a batter in baseball, but the ball bounces first.

   His bowling was too fast for the batters to handle.

   Spin bowling can fool even experienced players.

   Oppositebatting

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   Any of several games where you roll or throw balls to hit targets or other balls.

   Bowling comes in many forms, from indoor lanes to grassy greens.

   Different countries have their own versions of bowling.

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   noununcountable

   The act of rolling or throwing a ball, especially in a game.

   His bowling sent the ball curving neatly toward the target.

   She practices her bowling every weekend to smooth out her release.

   Similardelivery, rolling

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   verb

   Present participle and gerund of bowl. Use this form when the action is happening now or named as an activity.

   He is bowling the ball straight down the middle.

   They are bowling against the local team this weekend.

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   noundialectalNew Englanduncountable

   A type of bowling that uses thin pins shaped like candles and a small ball.

   Candlepin bowling never caught on much outside New England and the Canadian Maritimes.

   In candlepin bowling, the slender pins are very hard to knock down with the small ball.

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   nounIrelanduncountable

   A game where players throw a heavy metal ball along a country road in as few throws as possible.

   Road bowling draws big crowds along the lanes of County Cork.

   He won the road bowling match by hurling the iron ball nearly a mile in fewer throws.

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   nounslanguncountable

   A cool, confident way of walking that comes from city street culture.

   Like the proud, easy walk of someone who feels they own the street.

   He came down the block with that easy bowling that turned heads.

   Her bowling down the avenue marked her as a local.

   Similarswagger, strut, swag

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