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bowling - 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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game an amusement or pastime; "they played word games"; "he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"; "his life was all fun and games"
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frame one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided
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tenpin bowling,
tenpins bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins
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ninepins,
skittles a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins
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duckpins a bowling game using a pin smaller than a tenpin but proportionately wider
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candlepin bowling,
candlepins a bowling game using slender bowling pins
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bowls,
lawn bowling a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack
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bocce,
bocci,
boccie Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court
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bowling - (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman |
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throw the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist); "the catcher made a good throw to second base"
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cricket a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs
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chinaman a ball bowled by a left-handed bowler to a right-handed batsman that spins from off to leg
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bosie,
bosie ball,
googly,
wrong 'un a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way
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no ball unlawfully delivered ball in cricket; "the umpire called it a no ball"
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bowling - the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc |
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playing the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation
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bowl,
roll a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods
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run-up the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed
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