2syllables
bowling
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Definitions ofbowling
1verb
- To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.
- To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).
- To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.
Example: "We were bowled rapidly along the road."
- To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
1noun
- A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling/five-pin bowling
- Candlepin bowling.
- Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
- The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
- A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
- (gerund) The action of the verb bowl.
- Road bowling.
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