bowling
Americannoun
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any of several games in which players standing at one end of an alley or green roll balls at standing objects or toward a mark at the other end, especially a game in which a heavy ball is rolled from one end of a wooden alley at wooden pins set up at the opposite end.
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the game of bowls; lawn bowling.
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an act or instance of playing or participating in any such game.
Bowling is a pleasant way to exercise.
noun
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any of various games in which a heavy ball is rolled down a special alley, usually made of wood, at a group of wooden pins, esp the games of tenpin bowling (tenpins) and skittles (ninepins)
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the game of bowls
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cricket the act of delivering the ball to the batsman
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(modifier) of or relating to bowls or bowling
a bowling team
Etymology
Origin of bowling
Example Sentences
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Samson toppled the pillars of the West Indies bowling attack in a methodical manner - expertly picking his moments to attack and increase the tempo of the chase with ruthless calculation.
From BBC
Harry Brook's side showed impressive versatility by bowling 16 overs of spin – the most they have ever sent down in a T20 - with all seven dismissals falling to the slow bowlers.
From BBC
Teams including Pakistan, the Netherlands and South Africa have targeted the vulnerability by opening the bowling with off-spin, dismissing one of the two openers in the first over with an off-spinner.
From Barron's
"It was a challenge bowling during the power plays and the key was for me to deny the batsmen boundaries," he said.
From Barron's
He was dismissed by the lanky spinner and afterwards appeared to question the legitimacy of his bowling action.
From BBC
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