bowling meaning

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WBowling

Bowling refers to a series of sports or leisure activities in which a player rolls or throws a bowling ball towards a target. In pin bowling variations, the target is usually to knock over pins at the end of a lane.

Definition of bowling in English Dictionary

NounBFbowlPLbowlsSUF-ling
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.
VerbBFbowlSGbowlsPT, PPbowled
1. present participle of bowl.
More Examples
1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
  - There’s an Indian method called dhungar, which involves setting tiny bowls of smoldering charcoal within covered casseroles of cooked food.
  - These days, toilet bowls are most often of porcelain ; however, one can find some of stainless steel, and even of resin of polymers.
  - Fred bowled me a googly when he asked me to explain those statistics in the meeting.
2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
  - Rats were received d-amphetamine sulfate (5.0 mg/kg i.p) and were placed in rotometer bowls.
  - In spite of the sultry day, they were eating steaming dishes ordered from a menu that included kimchi stew, galbijjim or braised short ribs, and bibimbap, rice with squid served in a hot stone bowl.
  - While chicken is smoking, combine zest, hoisin, pomegranate molasses and sriracha in a small bowl.